I applied to Oracle's Cloud Division (Sparta) through a personal referral at the end of May. They reached out in mid-June to schedule a quick call. Although I responded immediately, it took 4 days for a response. This call ended up being a formal 30 minute phone interview with the hiring manager, for which I was unprepared since the email communications had only mentioned that we would be chatting about possible future opportunities. From that point, I was told a recruiter and recruiting coordinator would be in touch and that I would be invited in for an interview loop. The recruiting coordinator got in touch right away, but was unable to schedule my interview loop until three weeks later. The recruiter reached out for available times for another phone sync, but never scheduled this phone sync and never communicated with me again (even though I followed up). I interviewed in person in mid-July - a 4+ hour interview loop that was five separate interviews with seven people. The interview loop itself went well, without any major curve balls, and everyone was super nice. However, based on their recruiting packet as well as my conversations with the hiring manager, I was expecting a quick response within a week. After a week and a half, I followed up on the status of the position and have received no communication since )it's now been over 3 1/2 weeks). Based on all of the communication challenges and lack of follow-up, I would not recommend interviewing at Oracle.

It was overall very tasking yet interesting. There was the pre-interview by a recruiter, then 2 interviews including one case study interview we're conducted as well. Employees just striking up a conversation with you is a part of the interview process.