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      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 25, 2021
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Rakuten

      Interview

      There was one tech interview with 2 tech leads and one manager. Nothing over the top, just some general tech question. Took home a tech assignment that was highly relevant to the job I was applying to. After the completion, it took them some time to make a decision, but overall, the process was quite fast.

      Interview questions [2]

      Question 1

      - Difference between MySql and Postgres
      Answer question

      Question 2

      - Describe a data pipeline (aggregation, enrichment etc) for a specific business scenario
      Answer question

      Other Senior Software Engineer Interview Reviews for Rakuten

      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Apr 20, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Rakuten

      Interview

      General coding questions and programming, culture fit and hiring manager Usually there are 3 rounds of interviews starting with technical, culture fit and senior management and then HR round and discussion.

      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Sep 1, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Rakuten

      Interview

      Don't go through 3rd party for interview in Rakuten . Rakuten conducts fake interviews. Inspite of doing well, they block your number after final round conducted. Such a waste of time.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Java, LLD, Java8, basic programs
      Answer question
      1

      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Sep 17, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Tokyo
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Rakuten (Tokyo) in Aug 2025

      Interview

      The first interview will be with a recruiter. In this stage, you will introduce yourself and talk about your professional experience. It mainly focuses on evaluating your English communication skills, cultural fit, and overall background. The second stage was with another interviewer, but the experience felt unclear. The questions were vague and very general, so I often felt like I was just talking to myself. The lack of engagement made the interview feel monotonous, and I found the interviewer yawning throughout entire session.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      In the second stage, the interviewer asked me questions related to Kafka, RabbitMQ, CQRS, Saga Orchestration, and microservices.
      Answer question

      Rakuten interviews FAQs

      • Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Rakuten with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 38% positive. To compare, the company-average is 44.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 33 days to get hired, when considering 16 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 Senior Software Engineer according to 16 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Skills test:  23%

        Phone interview:  20%

        Group panel interview:  16%

        One on one interview:  14%

        Presentation:  9%

        Background check:  9%

        Other:  5%

        Drug test:  2%

        IQ intelligence test:  2%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

        1. Software Engineer(472) ;
        2. Senior Software Engineer(176) ;
        3. Applications Engineer(129) ;
        4. Product Manager(95) ;
        5. Project Manager(80) ;
        6. Data Scientist(62) ;
        7. Manager(59) ;
        8. Associate Software Engineer(51) ;
        9. Account Manager(45) ;
        10. Software Developer(39) ;
        11. Technical Intern(33) ;
        12. Intern(29) ;
        13. Systems Engineer(29) ;
        14. Devops Engineer(27) ;
        15. Internship(26) .


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