I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Rakuten in Aug 2013
Interview
Passed the Codility test and Video Screening, but failed in the 1st Skype interview. The interviewer are nice. Seems they are a bit disappointed (by their face) if you request to use English in the interview.
In 1st Skype interview, the HR manager with your future boss will be hosting the interview, and they tend to ask general and non technical questions.
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Rakuten
Interview
Submitted the resume and you will get Online coding question + Video interview. It was not hard at all. I am just waiting for the next round. Next round could involve Technical Interviews and Interview with executive officer.
I applied through college or university. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Rakuten in Dec 2014
Interview
The interviews were not very much technical but related to projects and all done during my engineering. Also, some HR type questions were also asked like what are your short term and long term goals, why should I hire you and son on so forth. In all, interview was not very much difficult and they didn't ask any coding question as the interview was on skype.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Tell me what difficulties u faced and how did u handled them in the projects that u have done so far.