Interview Experience - Oracle SMTS
Summary
I interviewed for the Senior Member of Technical Staff (SMTS) role at Oracle with 3.10 YOE. The process involved a screening round with a coding test, three loop interviews covering DSA, System Design, and project deep dives, and I ultimately received an offer.
Full Experience
I recently interviewed for the SMTS (Senior Member of Technical Staff) role at Oracle. Here's a breakdown of the process:
📍 Screening Round
Duration: 1 Hour
Format: Online Coding Test (Peer Programming)
Questions was similar to this problem.
Content:
2 LeetCode Medium-level DSA problems
Focus was on problem-solving skills and optimal solutions
Standard topics like Graphs, HashMaps, and Two Pointers
🔁 Loop Interviews (3 Rounds)
Round 1: DSA-Focused Round
Duration: 1 Hour
Format: Live Coding
Content:
Solved 2 LeetCode Medium questions
Interviewer focused on writing clean code and explaining time/space complexities
Follow-ups involved optimizing initial approaches
Round 2: System Design + DSA
Duration: 1 Hour (45 min System Design + 15 min DSA)
Format: Virtual Whiteboard/Discussion
Content:
System Design: Design a healthcare system for doctors and patients
Covered components, data flow, entities, APIs, scalability, and data consistency
DSA: One short LeetCode-style problem (more of a warm-up to wrap up the round)
Round 3: Director Round (Tech Deep Dive)
Duration: 1 Hour
Content:
In-depth discussion on current/past projects
Walked through architecture decisions, design trade-offs, scalability, and tech stack choices
Questions like "Why did you choose this design?", "How would you improve it?", "What challenges did you face?"
Interview Questions (3)
Design a healthcare system for doctors and patients. The discussion covered various components, data flow, entities, APIs, scalability, and data consistency.
An in-depth discussion on current/past projects, focusing on architecture decisions, design trade-offs, scalability, and technology stack choices. Questions included: "Why did you choose this design?", "How would you improve it?", and "What challenges did you face?"