This is a really good place to work at. It's foreigner-friendly and a really nice place for people who want to work in Japan at a foreigner-friendly company.
I don't think there can be any cons of working at Rakuten.
Mid-career position. No prior coding test. I applied from overseas through a recruitment agency. Two half-an-hour interviews scheduled in a row. I was told I would take the second interview only if I passed the first one. 1:1 Skype interviews, i
There is an online coding test after submitting your application. However, the questions are quite difficult, and I have not been able to answer one of them. As such, I have not been able to progress.
Like most Japanese companies, the interview questions were mainly about personal experiences, followed by in-depth digging into those experiences, with few technical questions. It seems they value a person's potential more than their current abilitie
Mid-career position. No prior coding test. I applied from overseas through a recruitment agency. Two half-an-hour interviews scheduled in a row. I was told I would take the second interview only if I passed the first one. 1:1 Skype interviews, i
There is an online coding test after submitting your application. However, the questions are quite difficult, and I have not been able to answer one of them. As such, I have not been able to progress.
Like most Japanese companies, the interview questions were mainly about personal experiences, followed by in-depth digging into those experiences, with few technical questions. It seems they value a person's potential more than their current abilitie