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Updated 28 Feb 2025

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jan 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

MCQs on Aptitude and general programming languages and 1 coding question

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Most of the discussion is on resume and projects and at the last 1 easy coding problem of arrays
  • Q2. How do you see yourself after 5 years
  • Q3. Tell me your weakness and strengths

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Rakuten Software Programmer interview:
  • forntend
  • git
  • JWS
  • Javascript
  • React.Js
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - always be confident on what you are speaking and avoid project that you had not done.

Software Programmer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. In the SQL server diff between delete truncate and drop functions.what is stored procedure and it's advantages.diff between function and stored procedure.
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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 asked at other Companies

Q1. Optimal Strategy for a Coin Game You are playing a coin game with your friend Ninjax. There are N coins placed in a straight line. Here are the rules of the game: 1. Each coin has a value associated with it. 2. The game involves two players... read more
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Accounts Receivable Journal Entries
  • Q2. Tell me about your self
  • Q3. Break walk through on my Experience
Round 2 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Why do you interested in our company
  • Q2. What motivates you about Rakuten
  • Q3. What is your greatest strength

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Q1. Certains Rules to follow - 1. Remove your footwear outside of the company, though it sounds strange! yes, this is a rule. They have other footwear inside the company (optional) if you want to carry it. 2. For Washrooms, they have kept chapp... read more
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Jan 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Int a ={1,2,-3,-4,6} find sum, negative numbers should be treated as positive. With recursion and without recursion
  • Ans. 

    Calculate the sum of an array, treating negative numbers as positive, using recursion and without recursion.

    • Create a variable to store the sum

    • Iterate through the array and add each element to the sum, treating negative numbers as positive

    • For the recursive solution, create a helper function that takes the array and the current index as parameters

    • In the recursive function, check if the current index is within the array b...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Reverse string without using toCharArray()
  • Ans. 

    Reverse a string without using toCharArray()

    • Iterate through the string from the last character to the first

    • Append each character to a new string

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Difference between git and svn
  • Ans. 

    Git is a distributed version control system while SVN is a centralized version control system.

    • Git is distributed, meaning each user has a complete copy of the repository, while SVN is centralized, meaning there is a single repository.

    • Git allows for offline work and branching and merging is easier, while SVN requires a network connection and branching and merging can be more complex.

    • Git uses a SHA-1 hash to identify eac...

  • Answered by AI

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Q1. What is MSA and addition of msa version, type of msa ,what different between variable data and attibute data .why difine flase and miss rate calculate by msa .
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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

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Senior Software Engineer 2 Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. What microservices patterns are you aware ? let's assume that there is a microservice based architecture and service A is calling service B which in turn service C. If service b fails, how will you manage transaction and logging ?
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Moderate level of coding questions

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions related to React and javascript

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Q1. - Given a water -tight orientable 2-manifold, how to find if a point is inside or outside its volume? - Given a bunch of points with their coordinates, how to merge closeby points together? - How to determine if the normals of the two trian... read more
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Mar 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Tell me about your self

Devops Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Reverse the String Problem Statement You are given a string STR which contains alphabets, numbers, and special characters. Your task is to reverse the string. Example: Input: STR = "abcde" Output: "edcba" Input: The first line of input cont... read more
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
-
Result
Not Selected

I was interviewed in Feb 2024.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Array/Object Manipulation
  • Q2. Basic HTML, CSS questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Polish the basics of javascript and React thoroughly. Understand all ES6 concepts.

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Q1. 1. What is difference between abstract class and interface ?
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I applied via Campus Placement

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Simple coding question based on strong manipulation.

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. SQL,project,oops and dsa

Top Rakuten Software Developer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Merge Two Sorted Arrays Problem Statement Given two sorted integer arrays ARR1 and ARR2 of size M and N, respectively, merge them into ARR1 as one sorted array. Assume that ARR1 has a size of M + N to hold all elements of ARR2. Input: The f... read more
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Q1. Maximum Subarray Sum Problem Statement Given an array of integers, determine the maximum possible sum of any contiguous subarray within the array. Example: Input: array = [34, -50, 42, 14, -5, 86] Output: 137 Explanation: The maximum sum is... read more
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
-
Result
Selected Selected
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. 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

Senior Software Engineer 2 Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. What microservices patterns are you aware ? let's assume that there is a microservice based architecture and service A is calling service B which in turn service C. If service b fails, how will you manage transaction and logging ?
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Rakuten Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Rakuten interview?
Rakuten interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Rakuten interview process are Technical, Coding Test and One-on-one Round.
How to prepare for Rakuten 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, Java, Linux, Computer science and MySQL.
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