Oracle OCI SMTS Technical Phone Screen Workflow Team Interview Experience
Interview Experience
Candidate Profile *
Current Role: SSE at Walmart *
Experience: 6.3 Years *
Interview: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Workflow Team *
Round: Screening (conducted by SMTS) **Beha
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Candidate Profile *
Current Role: SSE at Walmart *
Experience: 6.3 Years *
Interview: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Workflow Team *
Round: Screening (conducted by SMTS)
Behavioral Section (First 20 Minutes) The session began with introductions followed by a detailed discussion regarding the most challenging project executed to date.
Technical Problem Statement (40 Minutes) The task was to design a video buffer data structure capable of storing a limited number of items without using the Java Collections Framework.
Required Operations: 1. add: Add a new item to the buffer;
return True upon success. 2. delete: Remove the oldest element;
return True upon success. 3. getFirst: Retrieve the oldest item currently in the data structure. 4. getEnd: Retrieve the newest item currently in the data structure.
Constraints: * Fixed capacity (limited number of items). * No usage of built-in Java Collections (e.g., ArrayList, LinkedList, Deque).
Status Screening cleared; loop rounds to be scheduled.
About This Question
This is a candidate experience report from a oracle interview for a swe role during the phone screen round reported in 2025.
It covers the following topics: Arrays, Linked List, System Design, Queue, Behavioral, Stack .
Difficulty rating: Hard