I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Rakuten (Pekín, Pekín) in May 2025
Interview
Get reached out by headhunter, 5 rounds of interview in total, 3 technical rounds and 2 bq rounds with cross-sites interviewers and CTO.
The whole interviewing process is okay-ish, but somehow I get threatened by the headhunter in the final step.
Headhunter said something like the offer is in progrss already, but if u can't promise to take the offer and onboard to rakuten, I will decline the offer instead of u directly, even though at this stage both the salary and job rank are not disclosed - at all. That's very shocking : )
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Rakuten (Tokio) in May 2025
Interview
Asked me a leetcode medium. Didn't get much farther than that. They explained what the team did and gave me 5 minutes for questions. It was an hour long in total
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Rakuten (Bengaluru) in Jan 2025
Interview
The interview was quite easy.They ask lot of basic computer questions like internet, programming language and stuffs like that.
I think you will nail the interview if you have strong foundational skills