Plenty of time to contemplate where to go next.
This could go on for pages. Simply put, Oracle couldn't care less about the vast majority of its employees. Larry recently earned 1 billion overnight; however, 90% of the engineering staff making him rich does not get any bonus whatsoever. Pay is significantly below market average, and technologies here are far behind industry leaders. You won't learn anything transferable for your next job, except maybe PowerPoint slide making and meeting notes taking skills, which are viewed as the most important skills here.
None. Managers that would actually listen do not have the power to change anything. Managers in power won't listen to a word you say.
The interview process was fairly okay. However, in one of the coding interviews, the interviewer basically accused me of using a second screen in order to cheat, just based on a hunch, which I found quite worrying and unprofessional.
Recruiter round, which was followed by a panel. The recruiter asked very basic introductory questions. The panel consisted of 5 rounds, including a standard system design round with technical tradeoffs. This was followed by other behavioral rounds, a
Recruiter call, HM screen, technical phone screen, virtual onsite (coding, system design, behavioral). Some interviewers were helpful. Some were not and intentionally missed providing a key assumption, which isn't something that can be thought about
The interview process was fairly okay. However, in one of the coding interviews, the interviewer basically accused me of using a second screen in order to cheat, just based on a hunch, which I found quite worrying and unprofessional.
Recruiter round, which was followed by a panel. The recruiter asked very basic introductory questions. The panel consisted of 5 rounds, including a standard system design round with technical tradeoffs. This was followed by other behavioral rounds, a
Recruiter call, HM screen, technical phone screen, virtual onsite (coding, system design, behavioral). Some interviewers were helpful. Some were not and intentionally missed providing a key assumption, which isn't something that can be thought about