I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Rakuten (Singapore) in Sept 2018
Interview
The interview process started by the recruiter contacting through the LinkedIn. If you are interested, they proceed further.
1. The recruiter will send a basic question which need to solved in any languauge (Java, JS etc) and to submitted back. They share a google form for the interview question.
2. The next round is from the senior developer who asks about the basic DS and algo questions.
3. Next is Java and design questions.
4.Manager round, which is like almost yes if you have cleared previous two.
Then the recruiter will roll out a offer letter. If you not staying in Singapore then they initiate the VISA process first which typically takes a month to complete. They also sponsor the Dependent VISA but be vary that they don't provide the relocation assistance.
The cost of living in Singapore is high.
We are thinking to arrange meeting room.
Unfortunately, the wall between rooms is not sound proof perfectly. So You can hear other room's noise when you are using your room. So you are unhappy always.
What we can do here is based on given rooms and users, how to arrange room separately so people dont feel unconfortable.
[Row, Column, number of users you need to assign the room]-> unhappy point
ex.
[2, 3, 6] -> 7
[4, 1, 2] -> 0
[3, 3, 8] -> 8
General coding questions and programming, culture fit and hiring manager
Usually there are 3 rounds of interviews starting with technical, culture fit and senior management and then HR round and discussion.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Rakuten
Interview
Don't go through 3rd party for interview in Rakuten . Rakuten conducts fake interviews. Inspite of doing well, they block your number after final round conducted. Such a waste of time.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Rakuten (Tokyo) in Aug 2025
Interview
The first interview will be with a recruiter. In this stage, you will introduce yourself and talk about your professional experience. It mainly focuses on evaluating your English communication skills, cultural fit, and overall background.
The second stage was with another interviewer, but the experience felt unclear. The questions were vague and very general, so I often felt like I was just talking to myself. The lack of engagement made the interview feel monotonous, and I found the interviewer yawning throughout entire session.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In the second stage, the interviewer asked me questions related to Kafka, RabbitMQ, CQRS, Saga Orchestration, and microservices.
