Applications Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Rakuten with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 77% positive. To compare, the company-average is 44.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Applications Engineer roles take an average of 56 days to get hired, when considering 31 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 Applications Engineer according to 31 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 22%
Skills test: 17%
Presentation: 14%
Background check: 13%
Phone interview: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Group panel interview: 6%
Drug test: 3%
Personality test: 3%
Other: 2%
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I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Rakuten (Tokyo) in Mar 2018
Interview
Took 3 months.
1. Applied online
2. Next day email came to do online testing. It was a pattern matching algorithm to check email or url validitiy
3. Interview with a team leader. Basic back-end and DB stuff.
4. Interview with the senior manager. Basic stuff, attitude questions.
5. Interview with the CTO. Motivation and experince.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Japan?
What is Rest API?
How to handle MSA architecture? Load balancing etc.
easy as usually, but could be more efficient, if you're an experienced developer, should be easy to pass, so basically you can try this before others, some of the interviewer are not professional
You have to read the book written by the CEO. Mostly put your experience to the successful pillars of the company value. Quite generally, Japanese styl,e and remember to talk out loud what you think to the interviewer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Ask about the demo web app I created, the tech stacks I used, and the impact.
The interview process was thorough and focused heavily on architectural concepts. They asked many in-depth questions about architectural patterns, design principles, and real-world application scenarios, ensuring a comprehensive evaluation of my expertise
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe the architecture you would use to move large files