Rakuten Software Engineer interview experience

After an initial screening and whatever online step came before it, I went into a first technical round that mixed behavior questions with a coding problem in the easy-to-medium range. That set the baseline for how the rest of the process would run.

The next stage broke into multiple sessions. I had to go through system design, answer API-focused questions, handle more behavior discussion with a manager, and also solve another medium LeetCode-style problem. The difficulty felt like it was climbing, but it stayed fair—more about breadth than trick questions.

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