I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Rakuten (Bengaluru) in Nov 2016
Interview
There will be 2 rounds of telephonic, but these people are not at all interested to hire anyone. They merely ask a few questions on data structures and then hang up. Second round will be a skype interview with the manager. Don't expect more of technical here. It's a casual round to discuss your work experience et al. I would suggest everyone not to waste their time here attending interviews as they dont hire anyone. It is just for the sake of filling in their appraisal forms they claim they are interviewing people.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Data structrues, database based questions and other questions on your past experiences.
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.
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.
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.
