I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Rakuten (Tokio) in Aug 2018
Interview
1. doing online coding test- they used codility platform and I'm sure you'll be able to find questions and codes online.
2. answering the recorded interview-
3. preparing a self-introduction powerpoint
3. on-site interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One of the interviewers started asking me computer science questions that I didn't know much about.
I was expecting more data science and machine learning questions rather than computer science.
I have gone through 4 rounds. They don't know the requirement for which they were hiring. whether they want to hire a software developer, data scientist, 5G tech expert, etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Each round has some basic questions and case studies related to data science.
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Rakuten
Interview
I generally dont do this but I had a very bad experience , people can ask you to turn on camera but no body in a panel of 4 would have curtsey to turn on their cam. They wont tell you what is the role all about or how they do analytics . Manager will tell Hr would tell you which they will never. Also have you seen people showing off there data science skills , if no please go ahead and attend the interview. If you know , what they know it is good ,if you dont then you selected .
Also please give exact answer in technical terms to a language specific. Like in python random forest has n_estimators as parameters not no of variables.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Duality of svm.
2 Please tell cost function of logistic regression other than MLE