SDE 2 at Oracle

How it went

What they would tell you

How to prepare

Their background

Round by round

1. 1

   Screening Round60 min

   Process began with screening round, which included a medium-level problem involving hashmap, along with some Java and Spring Boot questions

   • Hashmap
2. 2

   Coding Round 160 min

   Two DSA problems were asked Linked-list-based (Easy) standard operations and traversal problems Tree-based (Medium) something similar to Binary Tree Maximum Path Sum

   • Binary Tree Maximum Path Sum
3. 3

   Coding Round 260 min

   Dynamic Programming (Medium) problem Four SQL problems Further Java/Spring Boot questions

4. 4

   Behavioral Round60 min

   The interviewer looked for clarity in explaining past experience and some situation-based behavioral questions

   • Give an example of a time you took initiative without being asked
   • Describe a project you led. What challenges did you face and how did you overcome them?
5. 5

   System Design Round60 min

   Problem: Design a Document Collaboration Platform Also the discussion back to my past projects, highlighting how I would apply my experience to ensure robust design and thread-safe operations.

What came up