I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Rakuten (Tokio) in Feb 2015
Interview
The whole process is strictly time consuming. It takes almost 3 months.
I applied for the new grad position (software engineer) on their official recruitment website.
First you need to register an account and upload your resume to their recruitment website. One or more weeks later, you will receive their email to let you take the online programming test and pre-recored video interview. The programming test seems keep unchanged for many years. The questions of the pre-recored video interview has been written in the email.
If you pass the first round screening, you will receive an email to let you take the second interview from their HR after one or two weeks. The interviewer is one of their engineers. No difficult technical problems. Most are the questions about your past experiences and behavior questions.
After that, you will be required to take third interview. The interview can be conducted via Skype. The interviewer is also an engineer with higher position. Behavior questions.
Final interview seems like a company culture introduction. No more questions.
I am still waiting for the final result.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Rakuten?
If a system problem occurs at midnight, would you like to work out the problem immediately?
What is your impression of Japanese?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Rakuten in Mar 2015
Interview
Applied through a recruiter. Process took 2+ months. Overall the interview has been a pleasant experience. Hope everything will work out fine.
Application screening
Online coding question (overlapping triangles) + video recording of questions previously specified in the email.
Next skype interview. Waiting for it
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Application screening
Online coding question (overlapping triangles) + video recording of questions previously specified in the email.
Next skype interview. Waiting for it
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Rakuten (New York, NY) in Apr 2015
Interview
First I had phone interview then asked to complete online assessment which was quite easy based on java. Finally I had Skype interview and got the offer. But the java part was tricky as there were lot of boundary conditions. Be careful
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Strength and weakness and where do you want to see yourself after 5 years?