I had applied through a job portal, and my resume was selected for a recruitment drive. We went to the Oracle campus at 10 am. This was my first interview drive as an experienced professional. I couldn't clear the interview, but the following are the 2 rounds which I attended:

1. Written Test on Java Objectives (1 hour) There were 60 questions, and we needed to answer them within an hour. I had prepared for this for a week and was finally happy to clear this round with the highest score. Most of the others also cleared, so I presume the cut-off was a bit low.

2. Technical Interview (1 hour) Although it was called a technical interview, the first question itself made me lose all hope of getting a job. I was given 4 questions, and out of those, only 1 was a programming question, which was a simple one on lists. The rest of the questions were puzzle-type, which really test your IQ and reasoning skills. The interviewer gave me some paper and asked me to answer on it, with 45 minutes given to answer all the questions.

Well, the interview process was a bit disappointing as I didn't get selected. But all said, I am happy with my interview experience.

Here are some interview questions:

1. Given two candles with burn times of 8 minutes and 11 minutes, how can you measure:

   • 15 minutes
   • 19 minutes
   • 8 minutes

2. A rabbit can hop one or two steps at a time. Given N steps, how many combinations are possible?

3. One puzzle on time and distance. (Couldn't remember the details, sorry).

4. Implement a simple single linked list.