I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Rakuten (Tokio)
Interview
The following is the chronological order:
- Video interview
- Document submission
- coding round in a competition
- five one to one interview
Even though the interview process is moderately difficult, they don't use it but just trust some hidden Japanese evaluation which only they know but none other in the whole software engineering field.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How can you satisfy egos of incompetent interviews?
3 hours lengthy interview with engineer, product manager and country manager.
Start off with simple algorithm questions.
Then have a culture interview with 2 product managers
Lastly have a talk with country manager about company direction
No constructive feedback of why no offer
Great time wasted
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Rakuten (Tokio) in Oct 2016
Interview
Submit resume online.
Wait one or two days.
Receive codility coding test invitation
Wait result a month
I sent a mail to ask about result but no answer.
After fews weeks I got a mail that I cannot proceed further.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Simply sum of sizes of two rectangulars. (considering overlapping)