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Sales Manager at Oracle
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Santa Clara, CA Dec 2009 – Reviewed May 18, 2013 New
Interview Details – 3 phone interviews and 1 face 2 face interviews. Lots of questions from actual day to day experience on the previous jobs, and same importance on the current job. It took 3 months from the start of interview to geting offer letter, and requires good amount of patience to complete whole process of hiring.
Interview Question – Nothing special in their interview questions. View Answer
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Software Engineer IV at Oracle
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Burlington, MA Mar 2013 – Reviewed May 17, 2013 New
Interview Details –
- Applied via Oracle.com website.
- Recruiter called for phone screen
- Hiring manager called for short interview
- Onsite interview with hiring manager and some team members - 4 hours. Some technical challenge whiteboard questions which were basic and reasonable.
- Onsite interview with group manager
- Phone interview with remote team member
- Request for references
- Request for background check to verify statements on resume
- Background check for criminal history
Interview Question – One technical interview, go to the whiteboard, write some code which does XXXX. View Answer
Negotiation Details – Appears to be a big company with a lot of "process" in hiring. It appears to be better to negotiate salary, etc. before the offer is made because going back to change an offer appears to require a lot of justification, signatures, delays.
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Director at Oracle
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Mar 2013 – Reviewed May 11, 2013 New
Interview Details – It started with the hiring manager asking me if I knew someone who might be able to do the skills that I actually had while at a conference. The problem was they actually didn't have the position available yet. It took them six months to open the rec. All of the interviews were over the phone (three) and all were with the hiring manager. I never had to talk to HR or anyone else.
Interview Question – How would I handle a particular type of project (that he knew I had never done)? View Answer
Negotiation Details – They asked me for my salary requirements and after describing generally how comp worked at my current employer, the hiring manager asked me if it would be easier if he told me what there maximum salary was. Once I had that info, it was easy to layout my requirements in a way that didn't make me look greedy but also acknowledged that this was a step up. I was also able to negotiate a stock option grant at offer, since I was walking away from my current employer's stock program.
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Principal Consultant at Oracle
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Minneapolis, MN Mar 2010 – Reviewed May 10, 2013 New
Interview Details – initial contact was with former co-worker after seeing posting for position. after applying, contacted by inside recruiter, once cleared that hurdle, spoke with the hiring manager via phone, received the offer within 2 weeks
Interview Question – Most annoying thing was the background check used in the hiring process, very cumbersome/slow and not accurate Answer Question
Negotiation Details – Typical back and forth. they did come up on salary, but would not budge on vacation time off, I was at 4 weeks for my previous job, but Oracle starts you out at 13 days, regardless, so that was painful
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Cloud at Oracle
No Offer – Reviewed May 8, 2013 New
Interview Details – Contacted by hiring manager. Just one phone call.
Interview Question – Questions were not difficult. Asked me some data structure, oop, database questions. Answer Question
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Account Manager at Oracle
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Reston, VA Sep 2012 – Reviewed May 7, 2013 New
Interview Details – Oracle is looking for talented, highly self motivated sales candidates. Must be able to learn as much as possible in a short amount of time and expected to execute immediately.
Interview Question – Must have previous experience in B2B sales to get an interview. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – No negotiation. Competitive base salary plus uncapped commission potential
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Senior Engineer at Oracle
No Offer – Interviewed in Los Angeles, CA Jan 2009 – Reviewed May 2, 2013
Interview Details – Was slow to begin and didnt get very far. I wish they were clearer up front and that they would be easier to work with. Although I was able to make it to the third round but it took too long and went with another offer
Interview Question – why not work at hp? Answer Question
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Inside Sales at Oracle
Declined Offer – Reviewed May 1, 2013
Interview Details – Background check requirement is 3 years of W2s. Must show this.
Interview Question – Mandates 3 years of W2s' Answer Question
Reason for Declining – Mandating to show 3 years of W2s. Too invasive.
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Applications Engineer at Oracle
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Redwood City, CA Oct 2009 – Reviewed Apr 30, 2013
Interview Details – They will call ppl onsite .. most questions are from the resume (about projects etc) and algorithms , data structure etc
Interview Question – reverse a doubling linked list Answer Question
Negotiation Details – compensation was fixed
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HCM Sales Executive at Oracle
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Redwood City, CA Jan 2013 – Reviewed Apr 16, 2013
Interview Details –
I was contacted by a recruiter and waited about a month until the Open House. (In the future, I would try to not to wait this long to interview) So, the recruiter was a little vague on the Open House but it was essentially a meet and greet of the hiring managers, new sales reps and other candidates. (Don't worry if you do not have a IT of software background, 75% of the people did not)
Expect that there will be a lot of people at the Open House (roughly 100). They encourage you to talk to as many Oracle employees (the managers, new sales reps, they are wearing red lanyards) as possible. You essentially have to sell yourself to make yourself memorable as they are one the deciding factors to you getting hired.
*To clarify - this is an inside sales position. Which includes cold-calling, growing a territory, working with a Field Sales Rep and a multitude of other people to support you. Essentially, you are the quarterback, calling all the plays. Selling cycle is roughly 1.5 months with commission paid out the same time. Oracle will not always let contracts go through (which can be a pain) if they feel the company that wants their product would not be a good partner for them.*
Then, they herd you into the auditorium and you're split into groups of 8 (some tables had less). You're sitting with your competition so make sure you present yourself really well and have good questions about the position, the company and HCM. (Human Capital Management) Some will dominate the conversation in the table so make sure you are heard.
So, this goes on for about 45 minutes with an exchange of information with the Oracle employee. (I had an Oracle Hiring Manager) Then, they automatically set you up with an interview time within the next few days. They are three back to back interviews for 30 minutes. (On a side note, they mentioned if they do not feel a fit with you or vice versa, you will receive an email that same night of the Open House)
The 3 round interview was average in difficulty but all three ask you some of the same behavioral questions to see if you are consistent with your answers and to get a feel of your personality. They debrief for a few minutes while you wait in the room till the next interviewer comes in.
They like go-gotters, competitive, driven, hungry and passionate people. Make sure to always close them, meaning, ask what the next steps are, if there is anything holding them back from hiring you and address those concerns immediately. You won't have a lot of time to ask questions so when you do, make them good.
Then, I got a pretty fast response (within 3 days) to go forward and start the on boarding process which includes a very extensive check of your criminal and employment background. This part can take up to a few weeks to a couple months depending on how easy HireRight can get a hold of previous employers.
Next, there will be an 8 week training course to learn your product and selling techniques considering you pass the aforementioned background check and negotiate your base salary to your liking. (btw, they say the Training program is pass/fail, it's not. They are investing thousands of dollars in you and paying you to go to training, do you think they would want to loose that investment?)
Interview Question – Tell me about yourself. View Answer
Negotiation Details – Negotiate your base. They say you can't but you can so might as well get as much as you can because it seems like you won't be getting any raises.
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