I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Oracle (Seattle, WA)
Interview
Generally the interaction with the recruiter is pretty positive. When it comes to the onsite interview it was not great at all. At lease two interview rounds, the interviewers didn't know the correct optimal solution, so they basically raised false doubt about the correctness of the code, which I had to walk the code using the example given. In one round, the interviewer was not a developer at all, he didn't understand the perf difference between a list and hashset, so when I correctly used a hashset to help achieve o(1) lookup, he raised laughable question why I didn't use the result list to do that. With interview panel like this, and the hiring manager from India, the interview is just a waste of time, as it is very obvious they will not hire you no matter what great performance you have, unless you are Indians.
Oracle sucks for a good reason, their hiring process is totally screwed.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Oracle
Interview
There will be one technical screening round initially. After that, you will move on to the final interview loop, which typically includes Data Structures & Algorithms (DSA), system design, and a bar raiser interview round to assess overall fit and depth.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Typical FAANG interview questions” or “Common FAANG-style interview questions.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Oracle (New York, NY) in Jun 2026
Interview
The role was for a Senior Software Engineer (Data Engineering Oracle Health). A recruiter reached out via LinkedIn and provided a link to apply. After submitting my application, I was scheduled for an initial screening call to discuss my experience and background.
The recruiter screen primarily focused on high-level role fit and basic behavioral questions. Following that, I was invited to a technical interview.
The technical interview was a 1-hour coding session conducted via HackerRank, featuring a LeetCode-style problem. The first ~10 minutes were dedicated to behavioral questions, after which we moved on to the coding challenge. Candidates were allowed to use their preferred programming language.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given an integer, convert it to roman numeral equivalent.
Given input: [1, 49, 23]
Expected output: ["I", "XLIX", "XXIII"]
I applied online. I interviewed at Oracle in Jun 2026
Interview
1. HR call: just to confirm that you are interested in the role, and you actually are an engineer.
2. Hiring manager interview: Some behavioral questions. A simple coding problem focusing on algorithm.
3. The final loop: including a system design, a data structure/algorithm problem, a problem solving interview, a code maintainability problem. and a project deep dive session.
Overall the interview process was fast, completed in about a week. The outcome was also fast. However, they do not provide a feedback on the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
For the problem solving question, you are asked to find the minimum flips required to make a NxN board of black/white pieces completely symmetric. That is, the final state must be symmetric horizontally, vertically, and diagonally. You can flip one piece at a time. The entire board is filled with the black/white pieces.