Process
Called by the recruiter about setting up an interview, he wasn't aware of what the role actually entailed.
Coming to the first and last round I had with them, the interviewer went on talking non-stop, without giving me a chance to answer the questions. It seemed like he had personal bias, or he just didn't have the basic interviewing skills to let the person talk or think for more than 10 seconds. He just gave up within 20 minutes and terminated the interview. (This happened with the manager shadowing – it clearly shows how the team culture might be.)
Advice: Technical skills are great to have, but basic social mannerism skills are essential too.
Questions
CLT, NLP preprocessing. Mug up the library names, and you'll make it!
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Rakuten ML Engineer role in New Delhi, Delhi.
Success Rate
Rakuten's interview process for their ML Engineer roles in New Delhi, Delhi is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Rakuten's ML Engineer interview process in New Delhi, Delhi.
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