I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Rakuten (Bengaluru) in Jan 2022
Interview
I cleared the first round that went well, in the 2nd round the panel was having no professional ethics
He didn't appreciate the questions i answered but started giggling on the things that i was not able to answer, first time I ignored, 2nd time i asked him if there is a problem, and he said you have mentioned hibernate in your resume and you are not able to answer, So i encountered him saying do you know everything and then he said its not like that your overall interview is going good,
Same was reported to HR and then HR talked with panel and told that , he was not laughing on you , he got some feed on social media. Can we still go through next rounds
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to create dead lock in multi threading
static keyword with multithreading
Hibernate composite key
Hibernate laptop , student many to many , how you will add days left for laptop and where
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.
