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Rakuten Senior Software Engineer 2 Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 13 Nov 2024

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Rakuten Senior Software Engineer 2 Interview Experiences

8 interviews found

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before Nov 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. How JS works behind the scene.
  • Q2. How browser works when domain is entered.
  • Ans. 

    When a domain is entered in a browser, the browser goes through a series of steps to retrieve and display the website.

    • Browser checks cache for DNS records to find IP address of the domain

    • If not found, browser sends a DNS query to resolve the domain name to an IP address

    • Browser establishes a TCP connection with the server hosting the website

    • Browser sends an HTTP request to the server for the specific webpage

    • Server proce...

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. React fundamental and behind the scene
  • Q2. React performance metrics

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
-
Result
Selected Selected
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.
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Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Java OOPS Concept Android Services Android Workmanager
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Android and Java Questions
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic Conversation about work culture and behaviour
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed in Apr 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
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Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. DSA coding question
  • Q2. Find Peak Element and majority element
  • Ans. 

    Peak and majority element finding algorithms

    • Peak element: binary search for element greater than both neighbors

    • Majority element: Boyer-Moore voting algorithm

    • Boyer-Moore: iterate through array, count occurrences of each element, return element with count > n/2

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I was interviewed before May 2023.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions related to Android and kotlin
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Managerial round to discuss roles and responsibility with regards to projects worked on
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Discussion over roles and responsibility in the company and culture.

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 (1)

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 (1)

 Software Engineer Level 1

 (2)

 Senior Test Engineer

 (1)

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Apr 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Asked some medium leetcode questions : Matrix Rotation

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Sep 2021. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. Question were related to my core technology Android and data Structure
  • Q2. MVVM, Kotlin, Threading, Dagger, Services, Coroutines, Java etc
  • Q3. LinkedList Problem, Red Black Tree, AVL tree, how to balance them etc
  • Q4. Binary search etc

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - For me there were 2-3 technical discussion.. but was fun

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Feb 2022. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Properly align and format text in your resume. A recruiter will have to spend more time reading poorly aligned text, leading to high chances of rejection.
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Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic DSA questions with stacks and queue and string manipulation l.
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Dynamic Programming problem with low to medium difficulty
  • Ans. 

    The coin change problem - given a set of coins and a target amount, find the minimum number of coins needed to make the change.

    • Create an array to store the minimum number of coins needed for each amount from 0 to target

    • Iterate through each coin and update the array for each amount that can be made using that coin

    • Return the value at the target index of the array

  • Answered by AI
Round 4 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Design the Architecture for BookMyShow
  • Ans. 

    BookMyShow is an online platform for booking movie tickets and events. Here's the architecture design.

    • The architecture should be scalable and flexible to handle high traffic during peak hours.

    • The system should have multiple layers including presentation, application, and data storage.

    • Use microservices architecture to break down the system into smaller, independent services.

    • Implement caching mechanisms to improve perfor...

  • Answered by AI
Round 5 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary negotiation and start date

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare basics of Java and you are not expected to run the code.

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed in Jul 2021. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Round 1: DS Algo/Problem solving BInary Search, String based questions Round 2: Problem solving/System Design/core java, microservices concept Round 3: Problem Solving/ Java concepts with Japanese Team ...

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare DS Algo & System Design

Interview questions from similar companies

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

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. About your tech stack
  • Q2. Followed questions on your tech stack
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. About your tech stack
  • Q2. Followed questions on your tech stack
Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Want to know about you
  • Q2. Salary discussions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Technical expertise with strong business understanding, helps you to navigate through interviews and finally the selections
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed in Oct 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Design Principles
  • Q2. Java Solid Principles
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Java Memory Management
  • Q2. Java Design Process

Rakuten Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Rakuten Senior Software Engineer 2 interview?
Rakuten interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Rakuten interview process are One-on-one Round, Technical and Resume Shortlist.
How to prepare for Rakuten Senior Software Engineer 2 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 AWS, Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps, Kubernetes and Terraform.
What are the top questions asked in Rakuten Senior Software Engineer 2 interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Rakuten Senior Software Engineer 2 interview -

  1. Dynamic Programming problem with low to medium difficu...read more
  2. How browser works when domain is enter...read more
  3. Design the Architecture for BookMyS...read more

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