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Rakuten Symphony Data Scientist Interview Questions

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

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SQL & Data ManipulationStart here. 5 questions + 1 drill · ~53 min
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Product Sense4 questions · ~34 min
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A/B Testing & Experimentation7 questions · ~60 min
Network Interference in Collaboration TestMedium

Explain when network interference threatens an A/B test, how it biases estimates, and how to redesign the experiment safely.

Network InterferenceExperimentationA/B TestingRakuten Symphony
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System Design8 questions · ~68 min
Design a Cold-Start Feed RankerMedium

Design a personalized feed ranking system that handles new users and new content under tight latency at large scale.

Cold StartFeature StoreRetrievalRakuten Symphony
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Machine Learning9 questions · ~77 min
Handling Class Imbalance in ClassificationMedium

Explain practical ways to train and evaluate a classifier when the target classes are highly imbalanced.

model trainingSupervised LearningClass ImbalanceRakuten Symphony
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Statistics & Probability3 questions · ~26 min
Evaluating Observed Lift SignificanceMedium

Explain how to test whether an observed experiment lift is real using hypothesis testing, p-values, and confidence intervals.

Confidence IntervalsStatistical SignificanceP-ValuesRakuten Symphony
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More topics14 questions · ~120 min
Evaluate Regression with RMSE and MAEEasy

Explain how to evaluate a regression model with RMSE and MAE, and how to interpret the tradeoff between average and large errors.

RegressionMAERMSERakuten Symphony
Diagnose KPI Drop After ReleaseMedium

Diagnose a post-release KPI drop by separating instrumentation issues from real behavior changes and tracing the problem through the metric hierarchy.

KPILeading IndicatorsDiagnosisRakuten Symphony
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