Oracle OCI | IC-2 | Seattle | September 2020 | Offer

Status: Software Engineer with 3 years of Professional Experience
Position: Member of Technical Staff (IC-2) at Oracle OCI
Location: Seattle, WA
Date: September 14th 2020

Process:
1 x Phone Interview (1 hour)
1 x Virtual Onsite (if passed above) (5 interviews back to back 1 hour each)

Phone Interview:

• Remove Duplicates from Sorted List
• Sort Colors
• Checked vs Unchecked Exceptions in Java
• What is IllegalArgumentException?

Virtual Onsite:
Round 1:

• What is the difference between TCP and UDP?
• What is Secure Socket Layer (SSL)?
• Full current project discussion in deep.
• Symmetric Tree

Round 2:

• This round was with a Product Manager. She was not associated with the team I was interviewing for. There were no technical questions. It was all behavioral questions on what I performed at my previous and current workplaces.

Round 3:

• Explanation of one of my projects mentioned on my resume.
• Merge Intervals

Round 4:

• Number of Islands
• Find Median from Data Stream
• Two Sum
• Two Sum II - Input array is sorted

Round 5:
This round was with the Hiring Manager.

• Resume related questions.
• Roles and responsibilities in the current team.
• What if there is disagreement with the manager?
• What qualities make a good software engineer?
• Biggest Achievements and all.
• Why do you want to work for Oracle?
• Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
• What challenges are you looking for in this job?
• Biggest professional disappointment.