Great Place to Start Your Career
Great Place to Start Your Career
- Friendly environment for foreigners.
- No need for knowing Japanese language, unless you are in management.
- Free food (special Indian and Halal food for other ethnic groups).
- Cool office with a great view of Tamagawa River and Mount Fuji.
- Biannual bonus and opportunity for increment/promotion, but strictly based on your and service performance.
- Easy access to CEO by weekly meeting (Asakai).
- Commuting allowances, benefit points, occasional discounted prices for their services or tickets for Rakuten Eagles games.
- Freedom to decide, schedule, and manage projects at your pace unless strict business requirements dictate otherwise.
- Option for easy internal switching among job profiles and roles.
- Salary ranges from low to average compared to other competitive (even startup) companies.
- No provision for sick leave, flexible hours, or work-from-home options (this basically depends on your manager).
- Work culture, freedom, deadlines, and career growth rate are subjective to the team/service.
- Consider retaining talents.
- Standardize work culture.
- Improve career growth options.
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Brief phone screen, coding exercise, full-team interview process with technical questions. We got to meet with the team and see all different personalities and what their role was. There were a lot of very different interview questions, all challengi
Software Engineer
The first stage is a Codility test with easy/medium LeetCode problems sent to your email. Subsequently, there are physical rounds of interviews and thereafter an acceptance period. There's a timeline for it, and not all the time.
Software Engineer
The interview was professionally conducted, providing a clear insight into both the technical and cultural aspects of TechCorp Solutions. The structure was well-thought-out, offering a good balance between behavioral, technical, and system design que
Software Engineer
Boston, Massachusetts, United StatesMarch 1, 2016Brief phone screen, coding exercise, full-team interview process with technical questions. We got to meet with the team and see all different personalities and what their role was. There were a lot of very different interview questions, all challengi
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SingaporeFebruary 16, 2023The first stage is a Codility test with easy/medium LeetCode problems sent to your email. Subsequently, there are physical rounds of interviews and thereafter an acceptance period. There's a timeline for it, and not all the time.
Software Engineer
TokyoNovember 1, 2022The interview was professionally conducted, providing a clear insight into both the technical and cultural aspects of TechCorp Solutions. The structure was well-thought-out, offering a good balance between behavioral, technical, and system design que
