Oracle Interview Questions & Reviews

Interview Details Originally interviewed at a company which had been acquired by Oracle but not yet been integrated (RightNow). Bit of a bumpy transition mid-process to the Oracle hiring process instead.
First interview with a very senior director, fairly informal, with another interview the same day with the internal recruiter who had approached me via LinkedIn.
Having been told I would be invited back, I insisted on having my own separate meeting with one or more members of the team I'd be working with. Ended up meeting two would-be colleagues, separately. I asked for this - it wasn't offered as such, but they were happy to organise it - what a good sign!
There was supposed to be a second, panel interview with a presentation of my understanding of their business/products, and of how I'd see my first few months, plus a little about 'why me'. i prepped for this, but they had to rearrange it and then they decided to go straight to making me an offer instead. Had it been the standard Oracle process I think they would have had to go through with it regardless.
Once I'd had the unofficial 'nod', there was a very...long...wait...for contracts to come all the way from Romania. My new boss was very good and rang me every 10 days or so to keep me updated, but it was a good six weeks or so. Having spoken to a newer colleague, they didn't have such a long wait in the 'standard' process, so this may simply have been because of the transition between the acquired company's hiring process and Oracle's hiring process for me.
There is also an unbelievably detailed background check, using the CV I had originally submitted to the recruiter. They went all the way back to my university to check my degree qualification (over 15 years ago), wanted three business referees, plus two personal referees. They checked every employer and job title I'd had in the last 10 years, which was a bit awkward as my official titles were very vague so hadn't used them on my CV. But this didn't ultimately cause me a problem - a report goes to the hiring manager summarising anything the background check has flagged as an issue.

Negotiation Details – Oracle has in-house recruiters, and they have fairly pre-set negotiating parameters. They will NOT offer more than about 15% over what you're already earning, so make sure you present your existing package as favourably as possible. More negotiation on the bonus pool size, and benefit points allocation.

Interview Details Lengthy. Three interviews, one with sales consultant, one with business lead and practice manager, demo expected. One with president.

Negotiation Details – OK. There was negotiation over location, but that was fine.

Interview Details Knew someone who worked there.

Interview Details Two interviews. First one was a general interview talking about background interests, and reasons for application etc. Second was done by the department, asking more technical and specific questions. Both very pleasant interviews.

Interview Details After 9 interviews / meetings, over two months, they decided to make internal appointment as the guy had more internal connections - it should not have taken these interviews and this amount of time wasting to realise that, so I guess there was some other unspecified reason.
Another comment, they asked me to fly at my own expense for two one hour interviews - from London to California, as their policy is not to pay candidates interview expenses. Oracle Corporation - very, very, disappointing for how they handle such a high level position.

Interview Details Very long and unclear.

Reason for Declining – Because I already worked with them.

Interview Details - Applied via Oracle.com website.
- Recruiter called for phone screen
- Hiring manager called for short interview
- Onsite interview with hiring manager and some team members - 4 hours. Some technical challenge whiteboard questions which were basic and reasonable.
- Onsite interview with group manager
- Phone interview with remote team member
- Request for references
- Request for background check to verify statements on resume
- Background check for criminal history

Negotiation Details – Appears to be a big company with a lot of "process" in hiring. It appears to be better to negotiate salary, etc. before the offer is made because going back to change an offer appears to require a lot of justification, signatures, delays.

Interview Details Group interview by team and the interviews with 3managers

Negotiation Details – Got a bump in title but pay was not negotiable

Interview Details I went in for a Walk in at first it was really good but later the management of the interview was not good Unplanned process they had 500 students and just for 3 rounds they took whole and our total waiting period was above 4 hours
The interview process was vague they were not clear on posts and Salary

Reason for Declining – Cause they Pay was too Less