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Rakuten Kobo interview questions
Updated Mar 9, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 8%RecruiterRecruiter
- 8%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 7%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 6%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 3%OtherOther
- 3%In PersonIn Person
Interview search
91 interviews
Rakuten Kobo interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Rakuten Kobo as 50% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.15 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Front Desk Receptionist and Senior QA Engineer (Automation) rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Human Resources and Software Engineer roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Rakuten Kobo takes an average of 8 days when considering 13 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Front Desk Receptionist had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Data Scientist roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 30 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Rakuten Kobo according to 13 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
One on one interview: 21%
Skills test: 14%
Group panel interview: 10%
Background check: 7%
Personality test: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Drug test: 3%
Presentation: 3%
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