I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Oracle Engineering Group (Redwood City, CA) in Apr 2013
Interview
They have a positive format in that they host a 2 hour meeting with lots of candidates and Oracle managers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
After spending 2+ hours at the hosting event the next step face-to-fact interviews with 3 managers, at 3 different consecutive times. If they like you, they call you back in 2 days for background checks.
Oracle requests/demands you show them 3 years of W2 earnings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!