Senior Solutions Architect Interview Experience - Egypt
January 5, 2022
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Process
The process is quite simple. After self-introduction, we went into technical details. It was a short interview, about 30 minutes. The interviewers were welcoming, and they had enough technical details to challenge. At the end, they were open to any clarifications.
Questions
Products and services that I worked on and my past experience.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Rakuten Senior Solutions Architect role in Egypt.
Success Rate
100%
Pass Rate
Rakuten's interview process for their Senior Solutions Architect roles in Egypt is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.
Experience Rating
Positive100%
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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Rakuten's Senior Solutions Architect interview process in Egypt.
Rakuten Work Experiences
2.0
Average Experience (Software Engineer)
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
April 7, 2020
Pros: Free Food
Friendly and Supportive Teammates
End to End Development Responsibility
From Scratch Development Opportunities in some teams
Good Pay
Decent Perks
Empathetic Managers
Awesome Training Programmes
Managers will try to give you the work you like, but you need to adamantly ask for it.
Cons: No work-life balance.
Old systems.
Too many systems.
End-to-end development responsibility, including DevOps.
No well-defined development methodology.
Managers mostly from service-based or support backgrounds.
Performance appraisal too verbose. A whole week is needed just to prepare self-feedback.
24/7 support requirement on weekly rotation. You are handed a support phone.
Horrible codebase for some services.
No flexible timings. A mandatory stand-up at 8:30 every Monday.
3.0
Good company, but a lot of cons
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
April 20, 2020
Pros: Good culture. Good place to work. Great perks.
Cons: Salaries are on the lower end, as compared to the market.
Benefits are declining.
Management is not very interested in your personal growth.
Mid-year/yearly reviews are only one-way, and most of the time your bonus is decided by higher management on your team, which sometimes leads to favoritism.
4.0
Na
Software Developer • Current Employee
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
June 24, 2021
Pros: Good learning, good growth. The work environment is good.
Cons: No cons as of now.
- 2.0Average Experience (Software Engineer)Software Engineer • Former EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaApril 7, 2020Pros: Free Food Friendly and Supportive Teammates End to End Development Responsibility From Scratch Development Opportunities in some teams Good Pay Decent Perks Empathetic Managers Awesome Training Programmes Managers will try to give you the work you like, but you need to adamantly ask for it.Cons: No work-life balance. Old systems. Too many systems. End-to-end development responsibility, including DevOps. No well-defined development methodology. Managers mostly from service-based or support backgrounds. Performance appraisal too verbose. A whole week is needed just to prepare self-feedback. 24/7 support requirement on weekly rotation. You are handed a support phone. Horrible codebase for some services. No flexible timings. A mandatory stand-up at 8:30 every Monday.
- 3.0Good company, but a lot of consSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesApril 20, 2020Pros: Good culture. Good place to work. Great perks.Cons: Salaries are on the lower end, as compared to the market. Benefits are declining. Management is not very interested in your personal growth. Mid-year/yearly reviews are only one-way, and most of the time your bonus is decided by higher management on your team, which sometimes leads to favoritism.
- 4.0NaSoftware Developer • Current EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaJune 24, 2021Pros: Good learning, good growth. The work environment is good.Cons: No cons as of now.
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