Very worst and strange interview I have ever attended.

It was not at all technical. All questions were unrelated to automation testing.

I cleared one of their most difficult LeetCode questions.

Post that, they scheduled 2 interviews on the pretext that if I cleared interview 1, then they would proceed to interview 2.

Interview 1 was of 30 minutes. It seemed the interviewers did not have any knowledge of automation.

When I asked them what automation strategy and tools they use in Rakuten, they were not able to answer.

With that, I could understand the level at which Rakuten's quality department works.

In my current organization, I have built several automation frameworks from Selenium-Appium to API RestAssured.

I somehow explained to them the type of framework we used and the design pattern we followed (even though the questions were all non-technical).

After the first round, they told me that "My skillset does not fit their requirement."

I think they had come pre-decided to reject me.

All in all, a terrible experience.

If the interviews are at this level, then I can only imagine the level of technical work Rakuten might be doing.

I feel it's good they rejected me.

Q: Why do you want to work at Rakuten?

Q: Why do you want to work in Japan? (Nothing technical)