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Updated Jan 18, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Senior Engineer at Oracle
Posted Jan 18, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 in Redwood City, CA (took 4+ weeks)
called over phone for initial screening.
3 rounds of technical interviews
Other Details
I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Business Operations Manager at Oracle
Posted Jan 15, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2010 in Redwood City, CA (took 6 weeks)
I applied online and the recruiter contacted me over email later. After going through my skills over the phone and e-mail communications, the recruiter told me that she will set up phone interviews.
My first phone interview was with the hiring manage - a senior director at Oracle. The position was for based out of Redwood City, CA - but I had all the interviews in Chicago or on the phone. It was an 1 long interview and it pretty much covered all areas of operations - and the qualities that are required in running a sales organization efficiently. The questions were mainly focused on - how do you set up incentives for sales with different sales goals and who deals with different products in different geographic areas. He asked me to explain me in my past experience how I dealt with similar scenarios in my past. He also asked me to explain my experience in dealing with financial P & Ls statements and various financial reporting.
He suggested me to talk with another senior manager - who was in sales - that person would have been one of my audience. During the first 20 mins of the interview, I asked this person about the structure of the entire organization and how incentives are in place for various sales teams. He also asked me about my experiences in dealing with various sales teams ( which I had similar experience dealing with retail store managers in my previous job). He again asked me about experiences in financial reporting and scaling of operations. He suggested me to talk with another person who has been doing this job ( I was interviewing).
After a couple of emails and phone calls, I had a chance to talk with this person. The job as a Business Operations Manager is responsible to run a part of the broader sales organization in a seamless manner leveraging sales and financial reporting, politically savvy, able to over communicate effectively across varied sales teams.
The next round of the interviews was with a Vice President of Sales - After unable to get her on the phone once, I was able to reach her later on another day. She would have been the person to whom I would be working with on a regular basis. She asked me what I worked in my previous careers and how I can leverage my experiences to help her in running her sales organization effectively. Because of my detailed conversations with others in previous rounds of interviews, I was able to comprehend and communicate to her about my experience and how effectively I can help her in running the sales organization. I also explained her about incentives that she can have in her sales organization.
The last round of the interviews is again with the hiring manager - it was a 1:1 face to face interview.But, to my surprise, I had another interview with another peer (in my new job role) of mine. This person asked again all the details of my current job and what else did I do differently in my job. I asked him in detail - how is the job and what did he learn in the past 1.5 months in the job. I also asked him about his experiences in the job. He gave a pretty positive outlook about the job.
It was more than 1.5 long interview. He again asked me about my current job and how I do it differently and what are some of the things that CEO can do differently ( I was working for a Fortune 50) and why do I want to shift out of my current job. He again asked me my understanding about the role. Then he asked me about my salary expectations and then came the biggest surprise in the entire interview process.
He bluntly mentioned a number atleast 30K less than what I said and what we agreed upon initially in my very first round of interview. I kept quiet because I needed an offer and then wanted to talk with them for a package. As I expected I received an offer, but I was very frustrated and disappointed with the offer. The base was very low and there was no relocation offer. This was the worst offer in terms of package that I received. I did not like unprofessional attitude that hiring manager exhibited especially when he mentioned a very lower number than we initially agreed upon.
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Reason for Declining
Highest amount of unprofessionalism from a hiring manager for an offer. They try to sell that it is Oracle but the most unfortunate fact that hiring manager forget is that there are options for candidates. I had other excellent offers and communicated the fact to the hiring manager about the awful package that he put together
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Director at Oracle
Posted Jan 5, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 in Redwood City, CA (took 2 days)
Combination of strategic and technical issues, personality assessment and career interests
Interview Questions
Reason for Declining
Travel levels
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Applications Developer IV at Oracle
Posted Dec 8, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 in Redwood City, CA (took 3 weeks)
3 rounds of phone interviews, one on site interview with management, hiring manager and team member, at the end of the interview, the hiring manager proactively promised to contact me the following week, I was not contacted, even after I follow up with a thank you email and inquired about the outcome.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Principal Consultant at Oracle
Posted Dec 1, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in Pleasanton, CA (took 1+ week)
It began with a phone interview with them feeling me out and me doing the same. Then a 1 on 1 Interview with another consultant a few day later giving me more detail about the position, Last a Panel interview with the Management staff grilling me with questions.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Software Engineer at Oracle
Posted Nov 8, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in Redwood City, CA (took 1 week)
Was emailed by the recruiter for an onsite invitation without any phone interviews.
Was told to pick from a set of short listed groups, mostly revolving around databases. Groups were selected by the recruiter from what they think matches my resume best. Some of the groups selected weren't really what I was interested in.
Out of the groups I selected I only met with 1 group, the recruiter added 2 more groups which I did not select to my set of interviews for the onsite.
Only did 3 interviews for my onsite, few technical questions. Interviewers were generally friendly and comfortable to talk to.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Exadata Support Analyst at Oracle
Posted Sep 20, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 in San Francisco, CA (took 2+ weeks)
they called me and they did a technical interview
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
it was a little tricky
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Engineering at Oracle
Posted Jul 22, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2009 in Redwood City, CA (took 4+ weeks)
Brutal. The initial interview steps (phone conversation with manager, tech screen on phone, in-person meeting with manager) was easy (too easy, imho), and offer step was fine, but then it took nearly a month to get final approval for the position (it has to be approved at every level of management, even up to Larry Ellison!).
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
Compensation offered was substantial. Don't be afraid to ask for additional PTO allowance.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Manager at Oracle
Posted Jul 1, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 in Dublin, CA (took a day)
face to face with a panel of 5
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
Yes. Be firm. Negotiate from a position of strength
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Accounting and Finance at Oracle
Posted Jun 26, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2011 in Redwood City, CA (took 3 weeks)
Got a call from the corporate recruiter a week after submitting my resume online. The recruiter sounded like asking questions from a checklist but very friendly. Had a one-on-one interview with a senior director a few weeks later. the director asked some questions about my work experience and why I wanted to work for oracle. I had the feeling that I was too laid-back for this company. No one that I saw had a smile on their face except the interviewer. They all looked kind of overworked. Well, it's Oracle...
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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