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      Software Engineer Interview

      12 May 2022
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Tokyo
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Soft Gear (Tokyo) in May 2022

      Interview

      Extremely brief company introduction followed by a lengthy Q&A sesssion full of cliche questions (no in-depth technical discussion or anything). HR and a person to help with the translation were present. Both did not seem too enthusiastic about the process and it looked like they were just filling some monthly "interview quota" since the very next day I got rejection feedback of "Skills Mismatch". The person helping with translation, however, was collaborative and happy to answer my questions as well. The HR was just constantly writing something down after asking 3-4 cliche questions "Why you look for job, do you interview with other companies, why Japan". P.S. Might be worth mentioning that "polite formalities" like introducing themselves or thanking candidate for the time were also skipped and in the end I was asked to "hang up from your side, we (HR and the translator person) need to talk in private".

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Cliche questions mostly inquiring for details about some random bullet point in the CV. Why do you want to move to Japan? Why are you looking for a job change? What can you bring to the company? When you work at X, how did you use technology Y to do Z? etc.
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      Other Software Engineer interview reviews for Soft Gear

      Software Engineer Interview

      23 Dec 2021
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Tokyo
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at Soft Gear (Tokyo) in Dec 2021

      Interview

      Video conference with one manager and one guy to help translate Talking some cliche questions and got rejected because of mismatch skills. What the heck ? A typical Japanese company that manager don’t speak English

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Self introduction Why you want to leave Talk about network programming What’s your Japanese level ? Really cliche questions
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      Software Engineer Interview

      7 Sept 2021
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Soft Gear

      Interview

      Brief introduction to the company. Interviewer proceeded to tell me that my current salary is too high for my age (although they knew both my age and salary before inviting me for an interview) and berate me about my expectations (although they never asked for my expectations.)

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How old are you? Do you have a GitHub account? Do you know that your salary is not normal? Do you know that you make too much money for your age?
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