Box Interview Questions &amp; Reviews

Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Mar 2012 in Palo Alto, CA (took 1 week)

Very organized. Recruiters are pretty professional. Questions were well thought out and respectful.

Interview Questions

Tell me about yourself

What is something quirky about you?

Other Details

The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

1.0

Very Easy Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jan 2012 (took 2 weeks)

The 1st interview is really friendly and easy. Its basically a discovery call. The in person interview is where it gets a little strange.

Interview Questions

why Box?

Other Details

The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed May 2012 in Los Altos, CA (took 3 months)

1. I applied online
2. A recruiter called and we had a phone interview. She forwarded my information on to the hiring manager.
3. She told me the hiring manager was already far along with other candidates and I was a bit senior for the role
4. I met the hiring manager at an industry conference
5. I invited the hiring manger to link in, which he did
6. I asked him if the job was still open after two months, and it was
7. We scheduled a phone interview - the phone interview went well
8. I visited for an in-person interview
9. I was scheduled to meet with three people. My interview times went over and I only had 10 minutes with the last person
10. An HR person came in (4th person) at the end to discuss salary
11. I got an email two days later saying they were already far along with other candidates (I suspect my salary range might have been too high)

Interview Questions

Tell me about your most "epic" ideas

What is a good book you have read lately

Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Apr 2012 (took 2 weeks)

It started by a referral. I was then contacted by their recruiting team, and had a phone interview with one of their recruiting directors. The phone interview focused mainly on finding if there is a match in terms of technical background, salary and title expectations, as well as interest level. Then an on-site interview with the hiring manager was scheduled. The on-site interview took around 45 min, broken down into the followings: around 15 min on describing the company and the position, 15 min on learning my background, and 15 min on technical questions.

Interview Questions

What was the most difficult problem you faced?

Other Details

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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Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jan 2012 (took 2 weeks)

The process was very quick. I had two phone interviews and was brought in for a group round robin type interview. The phone interviews were fantastic. I loved the energy. The in person interview was a little strange. We had 15 minutes to meet with 5-6 different people in the span of an hour.

Interview Questions

Why are you leaving your current job?

Other Details

The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Apr 2012 in Los Altos, CA (took 4+ weeks)

Applied on the company website and was delighted to get a response from a recruiter the next morning. Set up a 20 minute phone interview with the recruiter for a week later. Very friendly and helpful recruiter who just asked about what I was looking for, more on the position, my current situation. Then waited a couple days to schedule another phone interview a week later with the manager I would be reporting under. Had a 20 minute phone interview, she was very rushed & sounded very busy. She asked questions about the department I was applying for, why I was looking into that, my career aspirations, and a few questions about my education. It then took about 2 weeks to schedule an onsite interview, because the recruiter kept rescheduling with me. This was one of the more unprofessional experiences I had with Box recruiting. It is very difficult trying to make arrangements to be free during business hours to interview while being employed. After rescheduling about 3 or 4 times they finally set up a time for an onsite interview. This was the most intense interview process I had ever had for an assistant position. The on site interview was 3 hours long and consisted of 3 1:1 interview, 1 1:2 interview, a brain teaser/intelligence test, and a small tour of the company. Got an email a couple days later saying I didn't meet the needs of the hiring team.

Interview Questions

If we had recruited a group of interns to work at box over the summer what would be some of the steps you would make to develop an intern program?

Do you have any conflict or issues at your current work? What have you done to resolve it?

Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and an IQ/Intelligence Test.

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Apr 2012 (took 3 weeks)

Applied online and was contacted to do a preliminary phone screen with recruiting. Phone interview took 30 minutes and was pretty standard (background, accomplishments, etc.). Next phase was meeting the team which consisted of meeting 4 members and took a few hours. Big on "epic" accomplishments and goals for the position. Great people.

Interview Questions

Not the most difficult - just a different way of posing the greatest accomplishment question: "What do you consider your "epic" accomplishment"?

Other Details

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

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

3.0

Average Interview

Overall Negative Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Feb 2012 in Palo Alto, CA (took 5 weeks)

Contacted by sourcer on 1st of month. 2nd interview, phone screen by a recruiter on the 6th. 3rd interview, phone screen with VP on 10th. 4th interview didn't happen until the 21st. Way too long between Veep call and in person interview. 38 days after 1st contact, was rejected.

All told, unimpressed. 1st: place packed tighter than ants. Desks on top of each other, with management performing confidential work in the open view of whomever is passing behind. 2nd: Loud, not just a lot of energy, the place is LOUD. Very disruptive environment due to its highly open nature. 3rd: No one on the front desk. I had to email the recruiting manager to say I'd been waiting 10 minutes. In the meantime, probably 60 people passed by/through the lobby. No one stopped to ask if I had been helped.

VP was nice, Director insightful. The recruiting team is a bit full of themselves - very proud of what they built, but too deep in the trees to see what isn't working. Poor follow up and candidate management. 16 days passed after my in person interview, and I had to close the loop with the Director and VP. Finally got the official notice from the recruiter 38 days after initial contact.

ADVICE #1: Hire an experienced recruiting manager to build a world class hiring program.
ADVICE #2: Respect your candidates' time. Expedite the hiring process, schedule each step and communicate.
ADVICE #3: Very clearly set expectations, and deliver commitments.
ADVICE #4: Stick to the schedule laid out in #2 Make sure you follow through with every candidate.

Interview Questions

Standard sales interview, no wrenches

Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jul 2011 (took 4 days)

1. Design an elevator
2. Find potential multithreading issue with two separate threads running path.
3. String parsing

Interview Questions

Design an elevator control system. You need to both design the big picture and the detail scheduling algorithm.