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3935 interview stories from candidates at 857 companies: how each round went, what was asked and how it ended. Every company page links to practice questions in the same style.
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- Rakuten Payment Full Stack Engineer interview: a two-problem HackerRank testRakuten Payment · Full Stack Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026
About a week after I applied, I received an invitation to a HackerRank programming test. It had two problems, and I needed to pass the supplied test cases to advance. The format was straightforward, but the work still felt demanding. It seemed focused entirely on coding rather than team fit or thinking about systems. I didn't receive an offer. At least the expectations were clear from the start:…
- Rakuten Payment Software Engineer interview: late, unstructured role discussionRakuten Payment · Software Engineer · Jul 2026
The meeting felt off from the first few minutes. The interviewer arrived several minutes late, did not acknowledge it, and gave no apology or proper greeting. They only started talking when I asked something relevant. There was little discussion of the job scope or what the role involved. The only concrete reference was a short video and a vague comment about wanting to do something similar. I ha…