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Rakuten Lead Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 13 Oct 2020

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Lead Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 13 Oct 2020

I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed before Oct 2019. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. Design related to Ola / uber.
  • Ans. 

    Designing a ride-hailing platform like Ola/Uber involves creating a user-friendly app, efficient routing algorithms, and a robust payment system.

    • Developing a mobile app with an intuitive interface for users to book rides, track their driver, and make payments

    • Implementing a dynamic pricing model based on demand and supply

    • Designing efficient routing algorithms to minimize wait times and travel distances

    • Building a reliabl...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Coding rounds
  • Q3. Java, DB, microservices, design patterns

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - One should have knowledge of latest tech stack and should know design

Skills evaluated in this interview

Lead Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 10 Sep 2020

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Sep 2019. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Java, microservices, engineering practice, SQL, docker, kubernetes,websecurity, architecture

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well on all above topics. Primary focus should be on problem solving

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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I was interviewed in Jan 2025.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Program to remove the duplicates
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Spark related performnace tunning quetions
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

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

Round 1 - Coding Test 

I was tasked with creating a Spring Boot microservice.

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

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Core java in depth
  • Q2. Javascript in depth
  • Ans. 

    Javascript is a versatile programming language commonly used for web development.

    • Javascript is a high-level, interpreted programming language.

    • It is used for adding interactivity to websites, creating web applications, and building server-side applications.

    • Javascript can manipulate the DOM, handle events, and make asynchronous requests using AJAX.

    • It supports object-oriented, functional, and imperative programming styles...

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I was interviewed before Nov 2023.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. .Net core and Azure
  • Q2. Scenario based questions
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

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

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Regex and aptitude discussion

Round 2 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Expectations asked

I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed in Apr 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. Custom priority queue implementation
  • Ans. 

    Custom priority queue implementation

    • Define a data structure to hold the elements and their priorities

    • Implement methods to add, remove and peek elements based on priority

    • Use a heap or binary tree to maintain the priority order

    • Consider edge cases like empty queue and duplicate elements

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Data structures problems
  • Q3. Internal working of map, treemap ansd set
  • Ans. 

    Map, TreeMap and Set are data structures used in Java to store and manipulate collections of objects.

    • Map is an interface that maps unique keys to values.

    • TreeMap is a class that implements the Map interface and stores its elements in a sorted order.

    • Set is an interface that stores unique elements.

    • TreeSet is a class that implements the Set interface and stores its elements in a sorted order.

    • All three data structures are p

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well on data structures and algorithms before attending the interview

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Monster and was interviewed in Aug 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What is volatile how to use gdb what is singleton
  • Ans. 

    Questions on volatile, gdb usage, and singleton pattern.

    • Volatile is a keyword in C that tells the compiler not to optimize the variable.

    • GDB is a debugger tool used to analyze and debug code during runtime.

    • Singleton is a design pattern that restricts the instantiation of a class to one object.

    • To use GDB, compile the code with the -g flag, run the executable with gdb, set breakpoints, and use commands like 'next' and 'pr...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Basic preparation of C++ language is must

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed in Jun 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Related to java web services

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - It was good experience, asked questions on core java, web services and some coding questions

Rakuten Interview FAQs

How to prepare for Rakuten Lead Engineer 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 High level design, Java, Kafka, Maven and Object Oriented Programming.
What are the top questions asked in Rakuten Lead Engineer interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Rakuten Lead Engineer interview -

  1. Design related to Ola / ube...read more
  2. Java, microservices, engineering practice, SQL, docker, kubernetes,websecurity,...read more
  3. Java, DB, microservices, design patte...read more

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