Written was tough. It was quite comprehensive.
the interviews were easier in comparison and focused only on basics. The HR round was based totally on our resume.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Once they find your weak spot, they try to grill you on that
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Oracle (Bengaluru) in Dec 2012
Interview
The interview was for Server Technology Profile India. There were a total of 4 interviews. 3 technical interviews followed by an HR interview. The technical inerviews consisted on basic knowledge about computer science. The forcus was more on algorithms, data structures and databases.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A brain teaser not related to computer science but was testing the thinking process. The question was you are given an even number of coins and you know that half of those have heads up and the other half have tails up. You have been blindfolded. How will you partition the coins into two halves such that the number of coins with heads up and tails up are the same in both partitions.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Oracle (Redwood Shores, CA)
Interview
Part of the college campus hiring program.
Recruiter got resume through campus career event, contacted me. No phone screening, so it's all about good resume, in particular good school & GPA.
I got a one day onsite interview at HQ, where I talked with 4, 5 teams. Since each teams has seperate hiring decision, if you got pick by recruiters for onsite interviews, very high chance that you will have at least one offer from at least one team out of the 5 teams you talked with.
Actually interview really depended on which team. Some team is just casual talks, while some teams actually ask technical questions, but quite easy and more about personality & skill fit. No general algorithm questions.
Be friendly & talkative. Prepare to talk about your past project & relevant experience, it's the main bonus points.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Got asked specific SQL knowledge questions for database team. For college hire, not about deep knowledge of db system, just experience on SQL use is good.