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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Tokyo, Japan

July 1, 2015
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied online and dropped off my CV.

Then, I had to take a coding test on Codility and a video interview with prerecorded questions. The problem on the coding test was easy, but the data type had to be handled carefully.

About 3 weeks after the coding test, they mailed me that I was selected for a Skype interview.

There were a total of 3 Skype interviews which were technical, and one interview on the phone where I was asked HR-type questions.

Technical interview questions were fairly easy, mostly basic networking, OOP questions, and some programming problems.

All interviewers were friendly.

After 5 months of processing, I was rejected.

Questions

What happens when you enter an address in a browser?

What is the difference between inheritance and function overloading?

How do you write a swap function without using a temporary variable?

In a warehouse, you need boxes to deliver products. Each type of box has a fixed capacity. You don't know the amount of product you have to deliver beforehand. What is the minimum amount of boxes you need to keep so that you can deliver any amount of product using the minimum number of boxes?

A customer is asking you to change a feature such that it is inefficient for the system. What do you do?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 20 interview experiences for the Rakuten Software Engineer role in Tokyo, Tokyo.

Success Rate

35%
Pass Rate

Rakuten's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Tokyo, Tokyo is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive50%
Neutral40%
Negative10%

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

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