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I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jun 2022. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary and Joining discussion

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Informal HR. Wont release offer and if tomorrow is the joining day HR will call and tell will release the offer soon today. I rejected due to this informal HR

Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Find Nth PrimeYou are given a number 'N'. Your task is to find Nth prime number. A prime number is a number greater than 1 that is not a product of two smaller natural numbers. Prime numbers have only two factors – 1 and the number itself. ... read more
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Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Self Introduction in Japanese

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - - Need to explain in deep work done at previous firms

Business Development Manager Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. If your not getting support from bank or agent, then what will make further to generate business, what is the approach or strategy to be implemented during such cases to convince the customers ?
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Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Project related questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident and tell the truth what you have worked.

Senior Technical Lead Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. What is containerization (Docker)? what are steps to create container, till it gets deploy on server.
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I was interviewed before Apr 2022.

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 

Duration: 60mins, topics-DS Algo, Platform-hackerrank

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Explain about your project(built a ecommerce website)? How did you handle concurrency related issues? Do you think priority queues can be used? how will you implement priority queues? which is the best dat...
  • Ans. 

    Concurrency issues in an ecommerce website project and the use of priority queues for handling them.

    • Concurrency issues arise when multiple users try to access and modify the same data simultaneously.

    • To handle concurrency, techniques like locking, synchronization, and transaction management can be used.

    • Priority queues can be used to manage concurrency by assigning priorities to different tasks or requests.

    • For example, i...

  • Answered by AI
Round 4 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Situational questions open source work personal projects

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Rakuten Data Scientist interview:
  • Data Structures
  • Algorithms
  • Data Science
  • Machine Learning
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare your basics well and do not lie on your resume and be thorough with all the things written in your resume

Data Scientist Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Special Sum of Array Problem Statement Given an array 'arr' containing single-digit integers, your task is to calculate the total sum of all its elements. However, the resulting sum must also be a single-digit number. To achieve this, repea... read more
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I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before May 2021. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Hr would ask simple question and setup a meeting with manager
  • Q2. You profile and what did you work on before, overall experience
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Question realated to your domain
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Technical questions regarding the job
Round 4 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Your goal and why do you want to join
Round 5 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary discussion and hr policies and benefits

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Rakuten Senior System Engineer 1 interview:
  • DWDM
  • OTN
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well for technical and do not think much on the last HR round just be confident

Senior System Engineer 1 Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. What is active directory , what is DHCP, DNS , FTP
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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:
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 - 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

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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.

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Senior Software Engineer 2 Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Draw a system diagram for ecommers system to place an order and get order history for a particular customer
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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 
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 - Coding Test 

Prepare well for SQL

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

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

Software Engineer Level 1 Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Input a file. Select first 3 lines of the file. Select the longest line and count the number of words in that line. It was easy. I used Java methods to solve the problem. I explained the logic and he accepted it.
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posted on 30 Nov 2021

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jun 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. What all projects have you worked on? What all Tech Stack you have experience?
  • Q2. Basic RDBMS queries like how to find the second highest salary of a table with employee data.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - They mainly look into your resume and ask on basis of that so if you have Java as top skill you will be asked questions upon Java .
I had React as my main strength so all my questions are mainly focused on that.

Sde1 Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. DSA and Language Questions: 1. Difference between Arrays and ArrayList in Java. 2. Queue Implementation using Linked List. 3. BST- How would you fill a BST with a sorted array. 4. Random pointer linked-list clone. 5. Fibonacci number genera... read more
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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

Senior Software Engineer 2 Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Draw a system diagram for ecommers system to place an order and get order history for a particular customer
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Data Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

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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:
Double-check your resume for any spelling mistakes. The recruiter may consider spelling mistakes as careless behavior or poor communication skills.
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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

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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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.
What are the top questions asked in Rakuten interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Rakuten interview -

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  2. whatis stack? live implementation in co...read more
  3. what is polymorphism, overriding? demostrate by code examp...read more
How long is the Rakuten interview process?

The duration of Rakuten interview process can vary, but typically it takes about less than 2 weeks to complete.

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