I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Oracle (Seattle, WA) in Aug 2021
Interview
Start from recruiter screen, then Tech Screen, then virtual Group interview of 5 people. the decision was pretty fast after the loop interview, I was contacted by the recruiter the following business day about the hiring decision.
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Question 1
common questions like behaviors, technical, and cross functional.
interview was scripted, interviewer didn t seem much prepared, a shame the position seemed interesting, and a coding question was asked.
I didn t feel the interviewer had interest in my answers, and all info where very vague and basic
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Oracle in Aug 2025
Interview
They follow the Amazon Loop process - 1) Interview with recruiter (30min) 2) Interview with hiring manager (1 hour) 3) 5 one hour interviews with members of the team, hiring manager (again) and a "bartender". This includes all interviewers focusing on Oracle's leadership principles and asking 4-6 "tell me about a time when" behavioral questions for each interview. You are encouraged to use the STAR method. It is a bit grueling and to prepare you should come with ~20 STAR stories in your back pocket. The "bartender" is essentially someone outside of the team to assess leveling and company fit.
All in all I had a great experience, everyone who interviewed me gave me nice feedback and I felt like it was a discussion vs an awkward interview environment.
If you do not get an offer for that team, it is possible you passed the Loop meaning you could be eligible to apply for roles from other teams.
Be prepared to have a lot of stories around thought leadership, cross-team collaboration, program management, etc.
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Tell me about a time you lead a program from start to finish, tell me about a time when you had to learn something new quickly and how did you go about it, tell me about a time when you had to deal with differing opinions but came to a solution? etc
I applied through other source. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Oracle in Mar 2022
Interview
Horrendous.Unprofessional.Process dragged for over 4 months .Had 8 interviews across 3 geographic regions.Offered role and was negotiating an offer then silence for weeks after which some story about approvals for the so called offer which never came.
Worst recruitment process by an standard.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe how you would solve certain internal challenges where different scenarios were presented.
How would you handle internal disruptions to internal processes
