I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Oracle in Aug 2019
Interview
The interview process was pretty standard. Interview with the HR to see if you are a right fit, followed by the hiring manager with a technical screen, followed by technical screen with team member and finally cultural interview with their boss.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General questions regarding language and software principles.
I applied online. I interviewed at Oracle (Prague) in Apr 2025
Interview
The interview process had 6 rounds. The 1st round was a kind of screening technical round designed to quickly access seniority level. There was a data structure problem to solve and whiteboard system design, each for about 25 minutes. 5 rounds followed, one whiteboard system design (high level), one low-level whiteboard design (class diagram), 3 coding challenges. In total it had 3x system design. Last round with manager had some soft-skills questions, but also technical part. Some of the interviewers were from my product and could answer questions for about 10 minutes each. We also overran a bit a few meetings due to questions, the interviewers didn't mind. Some of the rounds were conducted in local language instead of English which I also welcomed as a proof of flexibility instead of corporate rigidity.
When it comes to technical rounds, I rate the interview loop as well designed, well capable of assessing candidate's abilities, professionally lead, probably one of the best I have seen. I have done a few dozen interviewes elsewhere so I can compare.
Hiring manager declined to answer my question about what problems/challenges I would be working on, they claimed they didn't know. He seemed a bit too nit-picky, pointing out issues that were explained in CV but I didn't want to argue (they didn't read it carefully enough).
The company wanted to proceed to offer but I declined due to concerns about tiny customer base of the product and lack of information about my future work.
I would definitely be happy to interview at the company again should a suitable position open in the future. I rate my experience as neutral mainly due to limited information I was given by the hiring manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- tree operations (data structures)
- system design for authentication service (whiteboard)
- system design for scooter lending company (whiteboard)
- low-level design for elevator problem (whiteboard)
You shouldn't have a problem if you prepare from well known sites like geeksforgeeks. The problems you get may be different but it's important to take the right approach.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Oracle (Austin, TX) in Jul 2020
Interview
*title is something like Sr. Principal Software Engineer level. I was interviewing a position in Oracle Cloud
1. had phone chat with hiring manager. then have a round of coding screen interview
2. then had a 5-person virtual onsite interview
In general, the interview process was well setup, the communication process was in a timely manner. The recruiter did a good job.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
there are quite some behavioral interview questions, and quite some system design interview questions, and some coding exercise.
In general , the coding exercises are easy. for the system design interview questions, I answered with event-driven application architecture. One was happy. It sounds the other had no idea of this kind of application.