Is it hard to get hired as a Data Scientist at Rakuten?

Data Scientist 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 31% positive. To compare, the company-average is 44.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.

How long does it take to get hired as a Data Scientist at Rakuten?

Candidates applying for Data Scientist roles take an average of 32 days to get hired, when considering 26 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Rakuten overall takes an average of 35 days.

Where can I find Rakuten interview experiences by job title?

Software Engineer (472) ; Senior Software Engineer (176) ; Applications Engineer (129) ; Product Manager (95) ; Project Manager (80) ; Data Scientist (62) ; Manager (59) ; Associate Software Engineer (51) ; Account Manager (45) ; Software Developer (39) ; Technical Intern (33) ; Intern (29) ; Systems Engineer (29) ; Devops Engineer (27) ; Internship (26)

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Mar 2, 2021

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Positive experience

Difficult interview

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1. Document Screening, If you pass the document screening, the next step is as below, (Step1)Programming Test / Recruiting Questionnaire (Step2)1st interview → 2nd interview　→3rd interview ※it will do the same day case by case. ※use Zoom (Step3) Informal notification. ※Agreement on salary conditions (Step4) Joining the company

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Question 1

Why you want to work with us?

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Data Scientist Interview

Apr 1, 2026

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Negative experience

Easy interview

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this interview process had 5 rounds 2 was a tech test ３ were conversational in nature with various managers from direct and indirect to the department manager mostly in Japan but also outside Japan.

Data Scientist Interview

Oct 1, 2025

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Neutral experience

Easy interview

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I interviewed at Rakuten (Tokyo)

Interview

1st Interview was simple leetcode task and some questions about Kubernetes. 2nd interview - classical ML and DL questions, Final interview is mostly informal, but there may appear some questions about specific experience and problem solving

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

What is the difference between random forest and boosting?

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Data Scientist Interview

Sep 3, 2025

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Neutral experience

Average interview

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I interviewed at Rakuten (Tokyo)

Interview

Initial LeetCode coding test, hiring manager interview for profile and role fit, multiple technical rounds covering statistics, machine learning, SQL, Python, and case studies, concluding with behavioral interviews evaluating teamwork, communication, and cultural alignment.

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Question 1

Statistics (p-value, hypothesis testing), ML (overfitting, bias-variance, metrics), SQL (joins, aggregations, ranking), Python (data cleaning, algorithms), Case studies (churn prediction, A/B testing, recommendation systems).

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