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Rakuten Data Scientist Interview Questions

The questions to prepare for a Rakuten Data Scientist interview. Questions from real interview reports rank first. Updated daily.

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SQL & Data ManipulationStart here. 7 questions + 1 drill · ~70 min
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A/B Testing & Experimentation8 questions · ~68 min
Measure Interference in Customer Change TestHard

Design an experiment when treatment spills across customers and contaminates the control group.

Network InterferenceSwitchback TestsA/B TestingRakuten
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Statistics & Probability8 questions · ~68 min
Statistical Significance and Confidence IntervalsEasy

Explain how statistical significance and confidence intervals are interpreted in a product experiment.

Confidence IntervalsHypothesis TestingStatistical SignificanceRakuten
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Product Sense5 questions · ~43 min
Prioritize Marketing Strategy DataMedium

Framework for deciding which data matters most when shaping a marketing strategy.

Feature PrioritizationUser NeedsProduct VisionRakuten
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Metrics5 questions · ~43 min
Diagnose a Sudden DAU DropHard

Investigate whether an 8.2% DAU decline is driven by product breakage, logging issues, or normal seasonal patterns.

DAU/MAUDiagnosisTime SeriesRakuten
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Machine Learning8 questions · ~68 min
Handling Missing Data in MLMedium

Explain practical strategies for handling missing data and how to validate that the chosen approach improves model performance.

Feature EngineeringData WranglingSupervised LearningRakuten
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More topics9 questions · ~77 min
Design Real-Time Sensor Event PipelineHard

Design a real-time pipeline for sensor events that transforms data and feeds a UI with low latency.

Stream ProcessingOrchestrationDependenciesRakuten
LLM Use Case for LangChainMedium

Evaluates your applied understanding of LLM tooling and when to use orchestration frameworks.

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