Rakuten

Mobile Software Engineer - Product and Innovation Section Interview Experience - Tokyo

May 1, 2019

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The first step was CV screening, then they gave me a simple Codility programming test. The programming test was a little tricky, and I had 1 hour to complete it. I couldn't solve it, but I submitted it anyway. I got the call for my first technical interview, which I passed. Then, there were two more behavioral interviews. The process took 1.5 months.

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Interview Statistics

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Pass Rate

Rakuten's interview process for their Mobile Software Engineer - Product and Innovation Section roles in Tokyo is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Rakuten's Mobile Software Engineer - Product and Innovation Section interview process in Tokyo.

Rakuten Work Experiences

Global company with some Japanese work style

Application Engineer • Current Employee

November 8, 2023

Pros: A good community. Easy to find accommodation. Good medical support. Good environment inside the company.

Cons: Depending on the project, you might face a Japanese work style and communication in Japanese. The company may also point out that all communication is in English.

Global company with some Japanese work style

Application Engineer • Current Employee

November 8, 2023

Pros: A good community. Easy to find accommodation. Good medical support. Good environment inside the company.

Cons: Depending on the project, you might face a Japanese work style and communication in Japanese. The company may also point out that all communication is in English.

Emerging Global company, setting new standards in Japan

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Very supportive hiring process and VISA assistance. Very qualified and talented people from many countries of the world. Achieved significant success with Englishization project. Great work-life balance, especially in a Japanese company. Defined processes being a large organization. Very popular in Japan; people respect you once they get to know that you work at Rakuten.

Cons: Low compensation, hence a bad retention rate. Too many meetings and presentations.

Emerging Global company, setting new standards in Japan

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Very supportive hiring process and VISA assistance. Very qualified and talented people from many countries of the world. Achieved significant success with Englishization project. Great work-life balance, especially in a Japanese company. Defined processes being a large organization. Very popular in Japan; people respect you once they get to know that you work at Rakuten.

Cons: Low compensation, hence a bad retention rate. Too many meetings and presentations.

Nice People, Broken Structure

Software Intern • Former Employee

Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

September 28, 2015

Pros: Everyone who works there is nice. The work environment is nice, as there are no cubicles and communication between co-workers is easy.

Cons: There are employees who don't try to speak English even though they consider themselves "international". There are very structural and somewhat useless meetings every morning, and the group structures feel a bit broken. They expect you to work there for the rest of your life.

Nice People, Broken Structure

Software Intern • Former Employee

Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

September 28, 2015

Pros: Everyone who works there is nice. The work environment is nice, as there are no cubicles and communication between co-workers is easy.

Cons: There are employees who don't try to speak English even though they consider themselves "international". There are very structural and somewhat useless meetings every morning, and the group structures feel a bit broken. They expect you to work there for the rest of your life.

Global company with some Japanese work style

Application Engineer • Current Employee

November 8, 2023

Pros: A good community. Easy to find accommodation. Good medical support. Good environment inside the company.

Cons: Depending on the project, you might face a Japanese work style and communication in Japanese. The company may also point out that all communication is in English.

4.0
Global company with some Japanese work style
Application Engineer • Current Employee
Tokyo, Japan
November 8, 2023
Pros: A good community. Easy to find accommodation. Good medical support. Good environment inside the company.
Cons: Depending on the project, you might face a Japanese work style and communication in Japanese. The company may also point out that all communication is in English.

Emerging Global company, setting new standards in Japan

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Very supportive hiring process and VISA assistance. Very qualified and talented people from many countries of the world. Achieved significant success with Englishization project. Great work-life balance, especially in a Japanese company. Defined processes being a large organization. Very popular in Japan; people respect you once they get to know that you work at Rakuten.

Cons: Low compensation, hence a bad retention rate. Too many meetings and presentations.

4.0
Emerging Global company, setting new standards in Japan
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Tokyo, Japan
March 10, 2015
Pros: Very supportive hiring process and VISA assistance. Very qualified and talented people from many countries of the world. Achieved significant success with Englishization project. Great work-life balance, especially in a Japanese company. Defined processes being a large organization. Very popular in Japan; people respect you once they get to know that you work at Rakuten.
Cons: Low compensation, hence a bad retention rate. Too many meetings and presentations.

Nice People, Broken Structure

Software Intern • Former Employee

Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

September 28, 2015

Pros: Everyone who works there is nice. The work environment is nice, as there are no cubicles and communication between co-workers is easy.

Cons: There are employees who don't try to speak English even though they consider themselves "international". There are very structural and somewhat useless meetings every morning, and the group structures feel a bit broken. They expect you to work there for the rest of your life.

4.0
Nice People, Broken Structure
Software Intern • Former Employee
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
September 28, 2015
Pros: Everyone who works there is nice. The work environment is nice, as there are no cubicles and communication between co-workers is easy.
Cons: There are employees who don't try to speak English even though they consider themselves "international". There are very structural and somewhat useless meetings every morning, and the group structures feel a bit broken. They expect you to work there for the rest of your life.

Rakuten Interview Questions

Rotate Image

You are given a square matrix representing an image. Rotate the image by 90 degrees clockwise in-place.

3Sum

Find all unique triplets in an array that sum to zero. You'll need to consider the potential for duplicate numbers and avoid duplicate triplets in your solution.

ArraysTwo Pointers

Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock II

Maximize your profit by buying and selling a stock multiple times. You're given an array representing stock prices, and can make as many transactions as you want.

ArraysGreedy Algorithms

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