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Rakuten Data Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 28 Feb 2025

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Data Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 28 Feb 2025

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - AI interview 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. 2 queries, 2 py code, 2 pyspark code, 1 pandas question, design a pipeline, optimisation tech in datapipeline, and using pyspark

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Interviewed for Contractor - Data Engineer - AI interview
1st Round AI interview

Data Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 15 Feb 2024

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic questions
  • Q2. Intermediate sql qa

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Data Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 28 Sep 2022

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Sep 2021. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
View all tips
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Mainly involving python and Sql
  • Q2. Case study involving window function
Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. More on the designing side. How to design data science solutions
  • Q2. Case study on how to know which is a proper place to build a store using data science approach
Round 4 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Compensation discussion and joining date
  • Q2. Expected CTC and Benefits of the company

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Rakuten Data Engineer interview:
  • Python
  • SQL
  • Spark
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Go thoroughly with python SQL and spark for data engineering interviews

Interview questions from similar companies

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in May 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Anything can be asked from oops to design pattern level question. Simple to hard. It's kind of rapid fire.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Ready handle a pressure while interview process, be stable, don't confuse

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Jan 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. What is SDLC, STLC, Agile, Different types of testing, Testing life cycle, adb commands, Project works, Bug life cycle, types of bug, difficulties in your project, RTM.
  • Ans. 

    The question covers various topics related to software development and testing.

    • SDLC stands for Software Development Life Cycle and is a process followed for software development.

    • STLC stands for Software Testing Life Cycle and is a process followed for software testing.

    • Agile is a software development methodology that emphasizes on iterative and incremental development.

    • Different types of testing include unit testing, int...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well on adb commands and above questions.

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed before Jun 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Quantitative ability and logical ability

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. In which programming language you are good at?
  • Ans. 

    I am proficient in Java and Python.

    • Strong understanding of object-oriented programming concepts

    • Experience with Java frameworks such as Spring and Hibernate

    • Proficient in Python libraries such as NumPy and Pandas

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Write a program to print HCF of numbers as output
  • Ans. 

    Program to print HCF of numbers as output

    • Take input of two numbers from user

    • Find the smaller number between the two

    • Run a loop from 1 to the smaller number

    • Check if both numbers are divisible by the current loop variable

    • If yes, update the HCF variable

    • Print the HCF as output

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Why should we hire you?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - I attended interview for this company and they saw my capability and adaptability only.

I appeared for an interview in Sep 2020.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Oops concept, solid principles, filters in MVC, basics of Angular,life cycle hook

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - 2 rounds- both are technical.

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before May 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Multiple choice questions

Round 2 - Coding Test 
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Show the projects that you may have worked on and explain.

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Incedo Software Engineer interview:
  • React.Js
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - You got to be clear and concise when explaining things. You gotta be confident!

I appeared for an interview before Oct 2021.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
View all tips
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is Nested List with example
  • Ans. 

    A nested list is a list that contains other lists as its elements.

    • Nested lists can be created using square brackets and separating the elements with commas.

    • Elements of a nested list can be accessed using indexing and slicing.

    • Example: my_list = [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9]]

    • Accessing element 5: my_list[1][1]

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What is queue , explain with example
  • Ans. 

    A queue is a data structure that follows the First In First Out (FIFO) principle.

    • Elements are added to the back of the queue and removed from the front.

    • Example: A line of people waiting for a movie ticket.

    • Operations: Enqueue (add element to back), Dequeue (remove element from front), Peek (view front element)

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Data Structure should be stong
Basic python
Coding skills

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Multithreading, Executor Framework, Hashmap in detail, Terrify Threshold, Hashing, Sharding, Diff between Interface & Abstract class

Rakuten Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Rakuten Data Engineer interview?
Rakuten interview process usually has 2 rounds. The most common rounds in the Rakuten interview process are Technical, Resume Shortlist and HR.
How to prepare for Rakuten Data Engineer interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Rakuten. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Rakuten expect are Python, Hadoop, SQL, Big Data and Spark.
What are the top questions asked in Rakuten Data Engineer interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Rakuten Data Engineer interview -

  1. Case study on how to know which is a proper place to build a store using data s...read more
  2. More on the designing side. How to design data science soluti...read more
  3. 2 queries, 2 py code, 2 pyspark code, 1 pandas question, design a pipeline, opt...read more

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