I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Rakuten (Tóquio) in Mar 2013
Interview
This was for a mid career position!
1) Got recommended by a friend.
2) Online interview (codility test plus HR interview) - rather easy
3) they made me take an English test onsite since I didn't have TOEIC
4) first interview - around 1h with 2 engineers from the team I applied for:
- core Java questions
- JVM related questions (including performance testing)
- a little bit of algorithms
- whiteboard coding exercise (nothing too hard)
- OOP/design patterns
- some basic Linux questions
- questions about my previous jobs/work experience
5) after this I was supposed to have 2 more interview but I got rejected straight away after the 1st one
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Nothing really out of the oridinary, I don't like questions like "what was your biggest challenge" etc. They seemed to care only about my work experience and didn't ask about my university (graduated 1.5years ago) or after work projects...
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Rakuten (Pune) in Oct 2012
Interview
Very poor.
They took an online technical test. You could choose either Java / PHP
I gave both thinking this would increase my chances.
I was shortlisted for PI
Personal interview was very lame.
They asked me what projects have I done, how many people worked on them, how much time did it take to complete them, and what was my role.
A 10 minute interview asking nothing sensible.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Rakuten (Tóquio) in Mar 2008
Interview
Very long processes with multiple interviews and not alot of transparency, but they were very supportive and eager throughout the entire process. Took almost 3 months though.