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Rakuten Software Engineer Level 1 Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 18 Oct 2023

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Software Engineer Level 1 Interview Questions & Answers

user image Nikhil Singh Parihar

posted on 18 Oct 2023

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

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Oct 2022. 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.
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Round 2 - Coding Test 

One stack and queue related question, create queue using stack data structure and vise-versa?
Multi-threading question related with use cases?

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Java OOPs question was asked, what is singleton and it's business use cases , Multi-threading questions
Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. This was managerial round, System Design question were asked

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Practice DS, algo and system Design question.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
6-8 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Job Fair and was interviewed before May 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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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 - Coding Test 

Prepare well for SQL

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Get good at basics and connecting dots
  • Q2. Normal coding problems

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via campus placement at National Institute of Technology (NIT), Silchar and was interviewed before Jun 2023. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

First part was to get aptitude on computer subjects, and coding question.

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Coding leetcode medium level
  • Q2. Coding leetcode medium level, but a little more approach was asked
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Oops related example to explain, coding question, puzzles
  • Q2. Puzzles of medium range.
Round 4 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic info on company and your outlook towards joining the company
  • Q2. About future goals.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Keep calm, and striver dsa sheet, and prepare for some hr related question from interview bit.
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Naukri.com

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. There were two technical and one HR round. Question were scenario based on sql and .net applications.
  • Q2. Replication of Databases
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. I was not selected for round two
  • Q2. I am not aware of question in 2nd technical
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. I was not selected for HR round
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is LMS ?
  • Ans. 

    LMS stands for Learning Management System, a software application for the administration, documentation, tracking, reporting, and delivery of educational courses or training programs.

    • LMS helps organizations deliver online courses and training programs to employees or students.

    • It allows for the creation and management of courses, assessments, and learning materials.

    • LMS can track learner progress, generate reports, and p...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What is shadow DOM
  • Ans. 

    Shadow DOM is a way to encapsulate the styling and structure of a web component, preventing styles from leaking out or clashing with the rest of the page.

    • Shadow DOM allows for creating self-contained components with their own styles and markup

    • It helps in preventing styles from the main document affecting the component and vice versa

    • Shadow DOM can be created using the 'shadowRoot' property of an element

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What all exceptions you know ?
  • Ans. 

    Some common exceptions in Salesforce development include DMLException, QueryException, and LimitException.

    • DMLException: Thrown when an error occurs while performing DML operations like insert, update, delete.

    • QueryException: Thrown when an error occurs while querying data from the database.

    • LimitException: Thrown when governor limits are exceeded, such as SOQL query limit or CPU time limit.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Have you worked on integration ?
  • Ans. 

    Yes, I have worked on integration in Salesforce development.

    • I have experience integrating Salesforce with external systems using REST and SOAP APIs.

    • I have worked on integrating Salesforce with third-party applications like MailChimp and DocuSign.

    • I have implemented custom integrations using tools like Salesforce Connect and MuleSoft.

    • I have experience with data mapping, transformation, and synchronization during integrat

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Why governor limits ?
  • Ans. 

    Governor limits are in place to ensure efficient use of resources and prevent abuse in Salesforce platform.

    • Governor limits help in maintaining system performance and preventing monopolization of resources.

    • They ensure fair usage of resources among all users on the platform.

    • Examples include limits on number of records retrieved in a single query, number of SOQL queries executed, and CPU time consumed.

    • Governor limits also...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What is challenge you faced ?
  • Ans. 

    One challenge I faced was integrating a third-party API with Salesforce.

    • Had to understand the API documentation thoroughly

    • Encountered compatibility issues with Salesforce platform

    • Implemented custom code to bridge the gap between API and Salesforce

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Dec 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Context api, js related qstns, simple programming qstn,
  • Q2. Remove duplicates without using set.
  • Ans. 

    Remove duplicates from array of strings without using set.

    • Iterate through the array and compare each element with all other elements to find duplicates.

    • Create a new array and add elements only if they are not already present in the new array.

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be clear on basics of react hooks, node js concepts.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic Java Question
  • Q2. Spring Boot related questions
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Design a rest API and code it.
  • Ans. 

    Design and code a REST API for a software developer interview.

    • Define the endpoints and HTTP methods for the API (e.g. GET /users, POST /users)

    • Implement authentication and authorization mechanisms (e.g. JWT tokens)

    • Use proper status codes for responses (e.g. 200 OK, 401 Unauthorized)

    • Include error handling and validation for input data

    • Document the API using tools like Swagger or OpenAPI

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Questions related to JPA HIBERNATE SQL
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Discussion related to Last company Project and architecture level questions
  • Q2. Write code to calculate frequency of a word using Stream API and lambda expressions
  • Ans. 

    Calculate word frequency using Stream API and lambda expressions

    • Use Stream API to convert array of strings to stream

    • Use Collectors.groupingBy to group words by their frequency

    • Use Collectors.counting to count the occurrences of each word

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
Not Selected
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

20 aptitude,20 comunication,4 program questions

Round 2 - Group Discussion 

General topics . topics about online class vs office line class

Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. In this round also they mainly check communication.after that basic questions about the what you put on your resume
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. General round. In this round they told about the company and bond
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Explain Sonarqube, different type of code smells, and how its implemented in CI CD
  • Ans. 

    Sonarqube is a static code analysis tool used to detect code smells and bugs in code. It is integrated into CI/CD pipelines for continuous code quality checks.

    • Sonarqube is a static code analysis tool that identifies code smells, bugs, and security vulnerabilities in code.

    • Code smells are common programming issues that may indicate a deeper problem in the code. Examples include duplicated code, long methods, and complex ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Write a program to find the numbers divisble by 3 in a string - and reverse its indexes eg : - input : String s = "123456789" output String s = "129456783"
  • Ans. 

    Program to find numbers divisible by 3 in a string and reverse their indexes.

    • Iterate through the string and check if each character is a number divisible by 3.

    • Store the divisible numbers in an array and reverse their indexes.

    • Join the array back into a string and return the result.

  • Answered by AI
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Aug 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. How does consumer, producer work in kafka
  • Ans. 

    Consumers read data from topics, while producers write data to topics in Kafka.

    • Consumers subscribe to topics to read messages from them

    • Producers publish messages to topics for consumers to read

    • Consumers can be part of a consumer group to scale out consumption

    • Producers can specify key for messages to control partitioning

  • Answered by AI

Rakuten Interview FAQs

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Rakuten interview process usually has 3-4 rounds. The most common rounds in the Rakuten interview process are Technical, Resume Shortlist and Coding Test.
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  3. Get good at basics and connecting d...read more

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