SWE applicants have rated the interview process at Rakuten 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 44.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for SWE roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Rakuten overall takes an average of 35 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Rakuten as a SWE according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 50%
One on one interview: 50%
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Rakuten in Jan 2021
Interview
technical test for coding, if u pass u get to interview round 1... and more rounds to come. i only made it to the first interview though with the lead SWE and 1 other SWE
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Rakuten (Hong Kong) in Nov 2017
Interview
One online round, that is conducted on codity, and I was told that I need to attend the next round after 1.5 week. Still haven't finish the interview yet. Will add the experience later.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Simple problem that can be solved under 10 minutes