SDE at Oracle

How it went

What they would tell you

How to prepare

Round by round

1. 1

   OA Round60 min

   The OA had around 30 MCQs covering backend concepts, CS fundamentals (OS, DBMS, CN, OOP), and basic coding It also included 2 DSA questions requiring simple implementation and time/space complexity analysis

2. 2

   Technical Evaluation Round60 min

   Started with OS questions: virtual memory, pagination, and segmentation. Design Discussion: Asked to design an ATM machine interface, only explanation required, no coding. SQL: 3 queries to be written and explained with time complexity. Coding: Merge Two Sorted Linked Lists OOP Questions:

   • Polymorphism, diamond problem, inheritance examples
   • Difference between encapsulation and simply exposing data through getters/setters
   • Merge two Sorted Lists
3. 3

   Coding Round60 min

   Discussion my internship and project contributions Discussed:

   • My role in the project workflow, Scaling discussions
   • C++ STL and advanced libraries I had used Coding: Bit manipulation-related question
4. 4

   Techno-Managerial Round60 min

   Questions included:

   • How I solved a challenge in a project or internship
   • One HashMap DSA problem
   • Questions about database concepts: indexes, triggers, and their use cases
5. 5

   HR Round60 min

   Questions were mostly behavioral and preference-based Why Oracle? Location preference Salary discussion and other standard HR questions

What came up