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

(10 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself and the project you have done
  • Q2. Have you work on the spring boot freamwork
  • Q3. Collection framework
  • Q4. Write a program to make a Linkedlist, you have to develop the logic for the linkedlist suppose your are the first who is going to invent the linkedlist what would be the apporach how you create the add/del...
  • Q5. Have you worked on the Data Structures
  • Ans. 

    Yes, I have worked on various data structures like arrays, linked lists, stacks, queues, trees, and graphs.

    • I have implemented algorithms using data structures like sorting, searching, and traversal.

    • I have optimized code by choosing the appropriate data structure for the problem.

    • I have used data structures in projects to efficiently store and manipulate data.

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  • Q6. Have you worked on the Multithreading
  • Ans. 

    Yes, I have experience working on Multithreading in Java.

    • Implemented multithreading using Java's Thread class

    • Used synchronized keyword to handle thread synchronization

    • Utilized Executor framework for managing thread pools

  • Answered by AI
  • Q7. Write a program to find the min and max no from the array
  • Ans. 

    Program to find min and max no from array of strings

    • Iterate through the array and compare each element to find min and max

    • Use Integer.parseInt() to convert strings to integers for comparison

    • Initialize min and max variables with first element of array

  • Answered by AI
  • Q8. Difference between the @controller vs @restcontroller
  • Ans. 

    The @Controller annotation is used to create a controller class in Spring MVC, while @RestController is used to create RESTful web services.

    • The @Controller annotation is used to create a controller class in Spring MVC, which is used to handle traditional web requests.

    • The @RestController annotation is used to create RESTful web services, which return data in JSON or XML format.

    • The @RestController annotation is a special...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q9. Difference between the @service vs @Repository
  • Ans. 

    The @Service annotation is used to mark a class as a service, while the @Repository annotation is used to mark a class as a repository.

    • The @Service annotation is typically used on service layer classes, which contain business logic.

    • The @Repository annotation is typically used on repository classes, which interact with a database or other data source.

    • Both annotations are used for component scanning and dependency inject...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q10. Difference between the Arrylist vs Linkedlist
  • Ans. 

    ArrayList is implemented using a dynamic array while LinkedList is implemented using a doubly linked list.

    • ArrayList provides fast access to elements using index, but slow insertion and deletion.

    • LinkedList provides fast insertion and deletion, but slow access to elements.

    • Example: ArrayList is suitable for scenarios where random access is required, while LinkedList is suitable for scenarios where frequent insertion and d

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Go through above all question the interview was taken by pran sukh for the pune location

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Looker developer
  • Q2. Sql server
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Looker developer
  • Q2. Sql server
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Jul 2024. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Asked some basic level questions

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Asked little bit hard questions

Round 3 - Coding Test 

Asked depth questions and wrote some sample programs

Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Wrote some sample program
Round 5 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary discussion
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Hackerrank coding round.

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions and coding testing your OOPS knowledge
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Every tech stack, SQL, OOPS, JAVA

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be familiar with designing and writing better code follwing OOPS, YAGNI,DRY principles.
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Why functional interface when we have interface
  • Ans. 

    Functional interfaces provide a single abstract method for functional programming in Java.

    • Functional interfaces allow for lambda expressions and method references to be used as instances of the interface.

    • Interfaces with multiple abstract methods cannot be used for lambda expressions.

    • Example: java.util.function.Function is a functional interface with a single abstract method apply().

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Java 8 explain all features in short
  • Ans. 

    Java 8 introduced new features like lambda expressions, streams, functional interfaces, and default methods.

    • Lambda expressions: Allows writing concise code by enabling functional programming.

    • Streams: Provides a way to work with sequences of elements efficiently.

    • Functional interfaces: Interfaces with a single abstract method, used for lambda expressions.

    • Default methods: Allows adding new methods to interfaces without br

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. If one functional interface can extend another interface
  • Ans. 

    Yes, one functional interface can extend another interface in Java.

    • Functional interfaces can extend other functional interfaces in Java.

    • The child interface can have only one abstract method, but can inherit default methods from the parent interface.

    • Example: interface Parent { void method1(); } interface Child extends Parent { void method2(); }

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare core 100%. spring boot, sql, can be in 80s

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Java,sql,springboot
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Java, sql, spring, springboot, microservice, junit, puzzle or codinques
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic hr questions
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. What is difference between sid 1 and sid 2
  • Ans. 

    SID 1 and SID 2 are two different system identifiers used in software development.

    • SID 1 is used to identify a specific software component or module.

    • SID 2 is used to identify a specific software instance or version.

    • SID 1 is typically assigned during the development phase, while SID 2 is assigned during deployment or release.

    • SID 1 helps in managing and organizing the codebase, while SID 2 helps in tracking and managing d

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Run time behaviour of scan
  • Ans. 

    The run time behavior of scan refers to how a scanning operation behaves during execution.

    • Scan is a common operation used to read input from a source, such as a file or user input.

    • The run time behavior of scan depends on the programming language and the specific implementation of the scan function.

    • Scan typically reads input sequentially and stops when it encounters a delimiter or reaches the end of the input.

    • The behavi...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. What type of components we can use
  • Ans. 

    Components that can be used in software development

    • Libraries: reusable code that provides specific functionality

    • Frameworks: a collection of libraries and tools that provide a foundation for building software

    • APIs: interfaces that allow different software components to communicate with each other

    • Databases: storage systems for managing and organizing data

    • UI components: user interface elements like buttons, forms, and menu...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. How many paralleisms are there
  • Q5. Multifile system

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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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