I had a phone interview with recruiter. Next, I saw 2 hiring managers in the same interview a week later. And then I got a call back from recruiter a couple weeks later after that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
draw up a design document for an app that you would give to a designer.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Rakuten (San Mateo, CA) in Mar 2023
Interview
4 rounds. 1 recruiter screen with the recruiter, then one round with theHiring Manager, then one round with few team members, then one round with your would be mentor in the team
SWE Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Rakuten with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 44.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for SWE Intern roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Rakuten overall takes an average of 35 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Rakuten as a SWE Intern according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
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