I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Box (Redwood City, CA) in Dec 2016
Interview
Standard process for silicon valley tech companies: recruiter conversation, technical phone screen, and onsite interviews. Scheduling wasn't as quick as other companies, but the people handling the process were very easy to work with. There were 5 interview modules during the onsite. After that I also got to talk to the hiring manager for the position, one of the founders, the CEO, VP of Engineering. It was very nice to learn the big picture and where the company is headed from those people.
Straightforward. They're looking for your approach towards a problem and how efficient your solution is, they don't care about any coding syntax hiccups.
There were multiple questions (not all LC)
- Unix Commands
- Identify Synchronization Issue in the given code
- Find K Most Frequent words across all files in a given dir path
- Flip Kth Bit
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Box in Feb 2026
Interview
Short screening with HR. Followed by dropdown implementation fix for frontend. Then to implement todo list via React. Last full-stack to implement Cart logic with pseudocode. Interviews around one hour long. And interviewers are pretty chill and ready to help you in the process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a cart logic specification document intended for a backend development team to use as an implementation guide.
At first I applied via job board, then recruiter screening, one week leater System design interview and Coding interview. I get declined at this step with quiet big feedback. All take around 3 weeks. And meeting in summarize was 4 hours.
