To be clear: not criticizing the current state of hiring. I agree nothing better exists, and it's a narrow mindset to think companies do this when there are better approaches.

My point is Dropbox asks questions that are beyond what its peers ask, even companies not its peer (FAANG, which we don't think Dropbox is apart of).

This is an explicit decision by the engineering leaders at Dropbox. It's interesting, and I'm wondering if it works for them.