The interview process for the Java Developer role started with two telephonic rounds and one Skype round.

Both these rounds featured Core Java and Data Structure questions.

After clearing them, I was called for a face-to-face interview at the Rakuten Office, located in WTC, Rajajinagar.

There, I had two more technical interviews with a focus on Core Java, Design Patterns, and Problem Solving.

Having successfully completed these rounds, I was informed to appear for the CTO round via Skype.

The CTO round was pretty smooth.

The whole process seemed very organized, and I was pumped up to join the company.

Overall, the company's rating on Glassdoor is below 3 (2.8), but I still decided to give it a shot and was expecting an offer to be rolled out sooner.

Alas, wait, wait, and wait.

There was no communication from the HR team for a week. Then, I sent a gentle query about the status.

Surprisingly, they didn't tell me yes or no. They kept me waiting, citing multiple reasons, such as the hiring manager traveling and not yet having feedback, blah blah.

After 15 days of the CTO round, I finally asked rigidly about the status and then received a naive reply that the position had gone on hold.

Frustrated and dejected, I simply replied, "Thanks."

Lesson learned: Don't waste time even interviewing here, let alone joining.

No, not at all a good place.

Core Java, Design Patterns, Data Structures.