PHP Consultant/Developer Interview Experience - New York, New York
February 1, 2010
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
- Skill set survey.
- Phone screen involving highly technical questions, by their Development Manager.
- Face-to-face interview with some amount of puzzles and questions about my past Symfony projects, as that was their job requirement. The interview was by a panel of three from their development team and involved technical questions about PHP, Symfony, and JavaScript.
Questions
Question: An HTML5 page has hundreds of rows with a checkbox array. How do you check if a particular checkbox is checked or not? (Checking it in a loop will be resource-intensive).
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Rakuten PHP Consultant/Developer role in New York, New York.
Success Rate
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Pass Rate
Rakuten's interview process for their PHP Consultant/Developer roles in New York, New York is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive100%
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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Rakuten's PHP Consultant/Developer interview process in New York, New York.
Rakuten Work Experiences
2.0
Good Food, Toxic Culture
Software Engineer • Former Employee
New York, New York, United States
April 5, 2021
Pros: - Good work-life balance
- Food
Cons: - Lots of politics === Less actual work.
- Middle management is not motivated enough to work.
- No growth/path defined.
- Micromanagement is the norm.
- Pretty hostile environment to work.
- Lots of talks about diversity and inclusion but no actual work/steps.
5.0
Learning, Structure Constraints
Staff Software Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
July 26, 2025
Pros: More to learn with the tech systems.
Cons: Less to override the structure.
5.0
Innovative, Growth, Understaffed
Software Engineering Director • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
June 5, 2019
Pros: The company is very innovative and willing to take risks, which provides many opportunities for professional growth.
Cons: The company tries to do a lot with a little. We could hire more.
- 2.0Good Food, Toxic CultureSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesApril 5, 2021Pros: - Good work-life balance - FoodCons: - Lots of politics === Less actual work. - Middle management is not motivated enough to work. - No growth/path defined. - Micromanagement is the norm. - Pretty hostile environment to work. - Lots of talks about diversity and inclusion but no actual work/steps.
- 5.0Learning, Structure ConstraintsStaff Software Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesJuly 26, 2025Pros: More to learn with the tech systems.Cons: Less to override the structure.
- 5.0Innovative, Growth, UnderstaffedSoftware Engineering Director • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesJune 5, 2019Pros: The company is very innovative and willing to take risks, which provides many opportunities for professional growth.Cons: The company tries to do a lot with a little. We could hire more.
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