Rakuten interview questions
Updated Jun 2, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
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How others got an interview
- 16%RecruiterRecruiter
- 10%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 8%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 8%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 2%In PersonIn Person
- 2%OtherOther
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Rakuten interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Rakuten as 47.6% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Software Engineer II and Senior Software Developer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Web Director and Software Developer roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Rakuten takes an average of 34 days when considering 42 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for MBA Business Consultant to Chief Executive Officer had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas UI &Amp; User Experience Designer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 120 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Rakuten according to 42 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 22%
Phone interview: 19%
Group panel interview: 17%
One on one interview: 16%
Presentation: 8%
Personality test: 5%
Background check: 5%
Other: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Drug test: 2%
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