1. Technical Interview 1
2. Technical Interview 2

Although I used to value Oracle company a lot in the past, my interview experience changed my mindset.

The recruiter was friendly on the first call and arranged an interview.

On the first interview, the interviewer did not consider turning his camera on or giving an introduction about himself. That was the first negative point. I expect my future colleagues to be human first and then a technologist. Anyway.

The interview went on for two hours, not because I didn't have the answers, but because he had a list of many questions. I felt that was okay, as I was also enjoying answering the questions, and they were pretty easy as well.

I got a call from the recruiter afterwards.

As I expected, it was for scheduling the second round. However, the recruiter thought of sharing the feedback as well, which I really appreciate. But one should only include a step in the process if they know how to do it well. Here comes the second negative point.

The recruiter had no idea how to effectively give feedback. Instead of giving me insights about what I did well and what didn't go well, he just chose to criticize me, trying to deter my confidence and telling me, "This is bad, this is so-so." These were his exact words.

I feel sorry for candidates who lack confidence and prepare so hard to get into companies, as recruiters like this do a great job at shattering people's confidence and self-esteem. Fortunately, I had enough self-confidence, however, I felt really bad.

Second interview. The interviewer asked one LeetCode hard question. I was able to answer it. Then he proceeded to my resume, asking me about Kubernetes and Docker, and Java.

I answered all of them, and the interviewer seemed really impressed in the end.

That was it. I never heard from them again.

Here are some topics:

• DSA question - Longest substring with no repeating characters.
• DSA question - First unique character in a string
• Java Basics
• OOPS basics

My advice to the Oracle is: "Be a human first. Learn that the recruitment process is not a teacher-student meeting; it's a meeting where the candidate also assesses the company. So, send your interviewers prepared."

Also, learn how to give and receive feedback. It's an art.