General overview from the perspective of a junior engineer joined with no experience
General overview from the perspective of a junior engineer joined with no experience
A positive and inclusive work environment with a fully English-speaking staff.
The company is committed to employee well-being with a free cafeteria providing three meals daily, body massage (paid), hair and nail salon (paid), gym (paid), and a few coupons to buy products online, book hotel stays, and watch live events.
New graduates are particularly well-compensated compared to the Japanese market, with semi-annual salary increases (2-3% on average).
Rakuten Group Stock Options are added to your account semi-annually based on performance and grade.
Work from home is not allowed.
No sick leave.
Hard to do an internal job change.
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First applied via agent. Then given a LeetCode-style code challenge to do. Once passed, there were 2 rounds of online interviews with the manager and team lead. Each round takes approximately 1 hour.
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I had my most tiresome and unluckiest interview process I've ever had. I'll try to be as detailed and honest as possible: I applied for a Software Engineer (midcareer) position via Rakuten career page. I was not in Japan at the time, so everything w
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There was a questionnaire and a code test online, and a video recorded interview with about five easy and common questions. For the test, I could choose which language I wanted to use. It was 60 minutes to finish it, but I found it so easy; it only n
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Tokyo, Tokyo, JapanJuly 1, 2023First applied via agent. Then given a LeetCode-style code challenge to do. Once passed, there were 2 rounds of online interviews with the manager and team lead. Each round takes approximately 1 hour.
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Tokyo, Tokyo, JapanJune 1, 2013I had my most tiresome and unluckiest interview process I've ever had. I'll try to be as detailed and honest as possible: I applied for a Software Engineer (midcareer) position via Rakuten career page. I was not in Japan at the time, so everything w
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Tokyo, Tokyo, JapanOctober 1, 2016There was a questionnaire and a code test online, and a video recorded interview with about five easy and common questions. For the test, I could choose which language I wanted to use. It was 60 minutes to finish it, but I found it so easy; it only n
