Oracle Principal Software Developer interview questions
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Principal Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Oracle with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Principal Software Developer roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Oracle overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Oracle as a Principal Software Developer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 40%
Other: 20%
Skills test: 20%
Phone interview: 20%
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Interview process go through 4-5 round. out of which 2-3 will be your technical rounds. and last 2 are managerial and HR. Make sure you know basics of what you have worked on. Do not fake your CV and know what all you have written in CV and be ready to answer every skillset mentioned in CV. Dont call out that you worked long back you need to brushup. You should be prepared with details before interview.
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Basic concept for every skill
project specific knowledge
Code review if development job
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Oracle (Chennai) in Mar 2025
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Interview process is not industry standard, very slow and asks random questions that interview likes that day. Be prepared with Java also, they don't let you code in any other language for DSA.
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They asked me system design question on Notification system and DSA on longest increasing sequence in an array in integers has to be solved in O(n)