I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Box (Los Altos, CA) in July 2012
Interview
Box office building looks like a law office, but once inside, you quickly realize you are in a high tech startup, as there a giant florescent green slide spiraling down from the second floor. Folks are young here, though the hiring manager was in his fifties. I was interviewed by 7 or 8 employees, and they all asked very technical questions. The interview started at 1pm, and I didn't leave until 8:30pm. Brutal!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to perform parity check on computer memory, in less than linear time.
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.