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Updated Aug 18, 2022
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Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at Rakuten
Initial stage was easy. But client side was very difficult and I couldn’t perform that well. So Inhave failed in the client side and that is my experience with the interview
- Php oops concepts, symfony depth, mysql

Anonymous Employee
I interviewed at Rakuten
The interview was conducted in a very professional manner and had all question related to the job description. There were 2 technical rounds followed by an HR round. The manager taking the interview had equal technical knowledge and asked technical questions.
- What is cyber kill chain process

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at Rakuten
Was asked DP and graphs. Not to mention it's the most horrific interview I ever had. Even companies like google, Amazon, and Microsoft ask less difficult questions. I'd not recommend for anyone and the compensation is too low.

Anonymous Employee
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Rakuten
Interviewed for full time position. The interviewers were very friendly. There will be technical and behavioral questions, 3-4 rounds of interview... the time slot was around 30-45mins, but it can go overtime. 1. Workmate/hiring manager 2. Team leader 3. VP/director
- How is your Japanese level? When can you start working?

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at Rakuten
HR told me u have to join the interview b4 5mins so i joined but interviewer was not joined then hr said u hav to wait 10 mins so i wait but still same then again hr said u have to wait 10-15 mins then i do same but still interviewer not join then hr re-schedule the interview but still same have interviewer was joined after 20 mins & he is not serious for the interview
- HR told me u have to join the interview b4 5mins so i joined but interviewer was not joined then hr said u hav to wait 10 mins so i wait but still same then again hr said u have to wait 10-15 mins then i do same but still interviewer not join then hr re-schedule the interview but still same have interviewer was joined after 20 mins & he is not serious for the interview

Anonymous Employee
I applied in-person. I interviewed at Rakuten
Not so difficult but not very easy too. Basics of java,springboot, microservice architecture, data structure and system design is enough to crack interview. There will be a hacker rank test as a first round and after that it will be video conference
- Java 8 features and spring boot concepts

Anonymous Employee in Tokyo
I interviewed at Rakuten (Tokyo)
process is very good and effective to communicate with the peoples. good exposure. friendly process and questions are very clear. peopeles are quite good. got 3 rounds from rakuten, technical coding and managercal
- basics question from java and algorithms

Anonymous Interview Candidate in San Francisco, CA
I applied online. I interviewed at Rakuten (San Francisco, CA) in Jul 2022
First there is an initial call with recruiter where they share more information about the role and what they're looking for and ask mainly behavioral questions . The second round is a portfolio review and finally there is a meet the team or onsite interview.
- What 3 words would you use to describe yourself?

Anonymous Employee in Bangalore
I applied online. I interviewed at Rakuten (Bangalore) in Jul 2022
Initially a 1 hr test having mcq's and 1 coding problem on hacker earth platform followed by Interview process which happened on zoom. There was 1 technical interview followed by 1 final HR interview.
- explain OOPs in Java, inheritance, aggregation, basics of Java? Linked list vs Array list? explain Polymorphism? explain overloading and overriding? explain internal working of HashMap? explain Collections in Java? explain new Java 8 features like stream Api and functional interface? explain Spring framework and its advantages? using stream api, filter a list of Student objects whose age is greater than 20.

Anonymous Interview Candidate in Tokyo
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Rakuten (Tokyo) in Jul 2022
The First stage: To introduce my own research to the engineer, and he would ask some questions about the research and the knowledge about machine learning or related knowledge, and finally he asked me to do a coding test with a shared screen. The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th stage: More like natural communication about the research experience or value. However, I received rejected after the 4th interview, and I have no idea about why...
- More questions about my research.
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Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Rakuten as 34.0% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.07 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for IT Business Analyst and Senior Software Engineer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Project Manager and Software Engineer roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Rakuten takes an average of 20 days when considering 37 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 11 days), whereas Project Manager roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 22 days).
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