Below average level of Software Engineering
Below average level of Software Engineering
Work-life balance.
Facilities at the office (Tokyo):
- Gym
- Cafeteria
Exposure in terms of working with people of different nationalities.
Software development is a complete joke here.
Rakuten is only a business-driven company, run at the whim of Business Units. The Tech division has next to no say in what, when, and how to implement.
Individual success is more dependent on office politics than actual merit.
Take a backseat, especially in technical matters, and let the experts take a call on what, when, and how to implement. Otherwise, in a tech-first world, Rakuten is doomed to fail.
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I was selected for the interview round but didn't get an interview call. They didn't even contact me, and I didn't get to give the interview. I think they should have at least checked my skills with an interview.
Software Developer
Introduce and talk about yourself for about 10-30 minutes. They would then pose a coding question to solve on a whiteboard. After that, they would ask technical questions, such as about threading and multi-threading.
Software Developer
Video Recording Interview. Answer questions using an interview app. Just read the question by video, recorded by Rakuten. After the interview, Rakuten did not move my application to the next stage.
Software Developer
IndiaFebruary 1, 2021I was selected for the interview round but didn't get an interview call. They didn't even contact me, and I didn't get to give the interview. I think they should have at least checked my skills with an interview.
Software Developer
SingaporeJuly 1, 2025Introduce and talk about yourself for about 10-30 minutes. They would then pose a coding question to solve on a whiteboard. After that, they would ask technical questions, such as about threading and multi-threading.
Software Developer
TokyoAugust 1, 2017Video Recording Interview. Answer questions using an interview app. Just read the question by video, recorded by Rakuten. After the interview, Rakuten did not move my application to the next stage.
