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Updated Feb 1, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.

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4.0

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Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Oct 2011 (took 2 weeks)

One phone screen about general interests, then a phone interview with algorithms questions. Then a second phone interview which was all knowledge-based questions (which I was surprised by and didn't do very well). Everyone I talked to was very nice and seemed really passionate about the company.

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How do you store/validate a user's login information?

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jan 2012 (took 1 week)

After some conversation about the background, I got email rejection the next day.

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tell me your experience in xxx project

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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jan 2012 (took a day)

Got an email from HR to set up phone interview with sales recruiter. Spoke with the recruiter and was asked general questions about previous positions and why I thought of box. I have a proven track record of beating sales quotas and generating revenue in previous positions although not in software. After talking a bit I was told that I didnt have enough enterprise sales experience. Frankly when it comes to sales if you are good at it you can sell anything. Oddly enough while researching the company I viewed profiles of existing account execs and noticed that quite a few didnt have previous enterprise sales experience. Although they all were from the same college. One made the jump from NFL cheerleader to account exec??? Wonder how that happened?

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Why did you choose box?

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jan 2012 in Palo Alto, CA (took a day)

The interview was basic, went through my CV asking about it. Also, asked what my plans are for the future. Describe what you do currently, do you like it, where do you think you be best fit.
If I know what is box, gave me an introduction about the company.

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What is your plan for the future?

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Oct 2011 in Palo Alto, CA (took 4 weeks)

I applied through Box's website and also had an employee recommend me from inside the company. I first had a phone interview with someone from their HR department. Basic questions were asked including walking through my resume, why I would be a good fit for the company, why I was interested in Box, etc.

Then I was set up with a second phone interview to speak with the VP of the department. More basic questions were asked, and a few more in-depth questions were asked, including a question on how I would go about analyzing the results of customer service surveys. The main "case study" question I was asked was basically "We have surveys that allowed answerers to rate their satisfaction with Box on a 1-5 scale, and we have surveys that allow answerers to rate their satisfaction with Box with a Yes or No. However, the results of these two surveys do not seem to be related. Could you provide any possible insight into why these two survey types do not seem to necessarily be correlated to one another?"

After this, I was set up to meet for a group interview in person. They call it "Oobie" ("Out Of the Box Interview Experience"). The five candidates that they were interviewing for the position all met at the same time for the group interview. It was unusual and a little intimidating to be able to see your competition face to face. It was round-robin style interviewing with five interviewers and interviewees. Each candidate met with each manager, one on one, for about 15-20 minutes, and then moved on to the next. It looked a little like speed dating. The process definitely moved quickly, but I felt that I wasn't able to really go in-depth with any one interviewer regarding my fit for the position. I had to keep re-telling who I was and my background to each of the five interviewers as they came around, which got to be exhausting near the end. They pretty much all asked the same basic questions, but in a different way - I wish they would have coordinated with each other beforehand to make sure they all asked different questions. Each of the mini-interviews were cut short at the end and I wasn't able to ask all of my questions after they were finished answering theirs. I left the interview with my head spinning.

I kind of felt like the round-robin interview style was a way for them to cut corners, speed up the interview process, and fill an opening, but it did not really give the candidates a chance for a full interview. It was stressful meeting 5 new interviewers separately, and it took a few minutes to get a read on each new interviewer to figure out their style, which cut into each 15-20 min interview significantly.

Interview Questions

Tell me about yourself.

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Why do you think you would be a good fit at Box?

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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Sep 2009 in Palo Alto, CA (took 1+ week)

I was referred to Box.net by an internal employee. This company takes great pride in its recruiting efforts as it has grown tremendously over the past 3 years. I remember my in-depth interview with the Founder where He gave me his outlook on my position and his mission for me.

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How would you diagnose upload issues in Box.net?

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Negotiation Details

Yes, you can negotiate on any offer.

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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Mar 2011 in Mountain View, CA (took a day)

I had a 15 min phone interview with the recruiter; questions related to general fit, culture, what I want for me and my career path. Recuiter was knowledgable about the company and their product, and about the career path available for their sales team.

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I personally do not like salary to be discussed in a preliminary phone interview, but she really pressed the question.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jun 2011 in Palo Alto, CA (took a day)

Proces was good, but they did not tell me what was wrong.

Interview Questions

algorithm for getting the number of anagrams.

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design the elevator.

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Negative Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Aug 2011 (took 2+ weeks)

Interviewer looks very tired and not really wanted to be there.

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write a function that determines if a number is prime.

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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Negative Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jun 2011 in Palo Alto, CA (took 4+ weeks)

I interviewed with box.net last year and rejected before they gave me offer as I got work with labs in Yahoo! (same company). This year I interviewed them again as last year it was so pleasant interviewing them. They did line up really bad interviewers who I think did not understand my resume and asked me absolutely irrelevant questions. I think if you only want to work with front end then you should go to box.net, there is no backend engineering team in box.net. It was really insulting the way interviews were taken.