Rakuten·Software Engineer

Rakuten Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

SingaporePosted Jul 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My first step was a conversation with the hiring manager, and it honestly gave me a good impression.

The discussion felt engaging and like a real attempt to understand the role and the team, not just a formality.

Then the technical round came, and it didn’t match that first vibe. The round was split into about 30 minutes of coding and 30 minutes of Q&A, and I ran into a dismissive attitude. When I explained my approach, the interviewer pushed back aggressively, calling my direction useless without really backing it up with solid technical reasoning. What threw me off most was that the interviewer had only just joined, so the rigid tone felt misplaced.

Overall the journey was average in

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