Rakuten Software Engineer interview experience

I stayed in contact with HR and the scheduling was responsive, and the interviews themselves were generally kind. The first parts were more conversational—background, motivation, and how I approached problems—before the conversation shifted into more specific technical areas.

During the technical portions, I talked about things like Python and React.js, and I remember feeling like the interviewers were knowledgeable and engaged. At one point, the conversation turned into a less purely technical direction than I expected, with networking getting more attention than deep coding or system