Rakuten·Software Engineer

Rakuten Software Engineer interview experience

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SingaporePosted Jan 2023 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My journey started with a technical test sent by email, and then I waited a few days before a screening call with HR.

After that, I went into deeper interviews with senior engineers, and the process stretched out long enough that the timeline felt like it dragged rather than moved. One of the hardest parts for me wasn’t even the interviews themselves—it was how long it took to get clarity.

Across the technical rounds, the focus was a mix of classic interview topics and practical background discussion. I remember having to talk through why I wanted to join and why Japan, and then pairing that with more concrete engineering questions depending on the interviewer. There was also a mix of live coding with easy

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