Rakuten Software Development Engineer interview questions
based on 7 ratings - Updated Jun 8, 2026
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Software Development Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Rakuten with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 44.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer roles take an average of 13 days to get hired, when considering 3 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 Software Development Engineer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
Drug test: 33%
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OA+first round, received email, directly interviewed by the team manager and another member, mostly asking theoretical questions + previous projects + behavior questions. Interview lasted for 40 minutes. Than HR interview talking about salaries.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Rakuten (Bengaluru) in Jul 2024
Interview
4-5 rounds of interview process (depending on previous an extra round may be there)
1 Technical Screening - simple DSA, culturally fit, past experience
2 Technical Screening - DSA, LLD (Book My Show), HLD (simple one)
3 Technical Screening - DSA, HLD, LLD, Spring Boot, Spring data jpa, Design patterns. DSA had ( binary search, DP, LL)
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Question 1
Find peek element (leetcode)
find a loop in the linked list and remove the loop
coin change and climbing stairs (including mathematical derivations)
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