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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Tokyo

February 1, 2015
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The whole process is strictly time-consuming. It takes almost 3 months.

I applied for the new grad position (software engineer) on their official recruitment website.

First, you need to register an account and upload your resume to their recruitment website. One or more weeks later, you will receive an email to take the online programming test and pre-recorded video interview. The programming test seems unchanged for many years. The questions for the pre-recorded video interview are written in the email.

If you pass the first round screening, you will receive an email for the second interview from their HR after one or two weeks. The interviewer is one of their engineers. There are no difficult technical problems. Most are questions about your past experiences and behavior questions.

After that, you will be required to take a third interview. The interview can be conducted via Skype. The interviewer is also an engineer with a higher position. There will be behavior questions.

The final interview seems like a company culture introduction. There are no more questions.

I am still waiting for the final result.

Questions

Why Rakuten?

If a system problem occurs at midnight, would you like to work on the problem immediately?

What is your impression of Japanese?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 75 interview experiences for the Rakuten Software Engineer role in Tokyo.

Success Rate

24%
Pass Rate

Rakuten's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Tokyo is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive51%
Neutral33%
Negative16%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Rakuten's Software Engineer interview process in Tokyo.

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