Common interview, no difficult questions.

1. Applicant screening (by agent) Requirement: TOEIC 800 and over.

2. Web programming test and web video interview Programming: Difficult programming test (to program to compute the area of a rectangle). Interview questions: Introduce yourself, why Rakuten, describe your strengths, your career path.

3. Questionnaire Be informed to answer some questionnaires: desired annual income, term to quit, etc.

4. Interview in person at Rakuten headquarter (in Japanese) Questions based on experience. (Parts of the questions were in English).

5. Interview over Skype Questions: Introduce yourself, your experience, the difficulties you have met and how did you overcome them.

6. Interview in person at Rakuten headquarter Questions based on experience.

7. Reading books and writing an essay Essays on two books by the president (Mikitani).

8. Final interview in person at Rakuten headquarter Company culture was explained. No formal questions.

9. Offer meeting in person at Rakuten headquarter Offer contract explanation by HR. One week provided to make the decision.

No difficult questions.