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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington

November 17, 2018
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Generally, the interaction with the recruiter was positive. However, the onsite interview was not great at all.

At least two interview rounds involved interviewers who didn't know the correct optimal solution. They essentially raised false doubts about the correctness of my code, forcing me to walk through it using the given example.

In one round, the interviewer was not a developer and didn't understand the performance difference between a list and a hash set. When I correctly used a hash set to achieve O(1) lookup, they asked a questionable why I didn't use the result list for that.

With an interview panel like this, and a hiring manager from India, the interview felt like a waste of time. It was very obvious they would not hire anyone, regardless of their performance, unless they were Indian.

Oracle's hiring process is totally screwed.

Questions

Standard mid-level algorithm questions.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 6 interview experiences for the Oracle Senior Software Engineer role in Seattle, Washington.

Success Rate

50%
Pass Rate

Oracle's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in Seattle, Washington is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive33%
Neutral17%
Negative50%

Candidates reported having negative feelings for Oracle's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Seattle, Washington.

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