Solicité el puesto a través de la recomendación de un empleado. Acudí a una entrevista en Rakuten (Palo Alto, CA) en may 2015
Entrevista
I was referred by an internal manager at the company and was scheduled to talk to an H.R. person for a phone screening. The interview was scheduled very quickly and I was unimpressed by the quality and relevance of the interviewer's questions. While the conversation flowed and the interview seemed to be going well, I sensed that the interviewer was not interested no matter what I said. I am a very experienced and qualified person and I thought that this was a case where H.R. should not make decisions on behalf of hiring managers.
Envié una solicitud electrónica. El proceso duró 2 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Rakuten (Tokio) en ene 2025
Entrevista
First round with the Hiring Manager and Second round with some team members. They explain they are hiring for someone to work on new projects that were started by them but overloaded.
Envié una solicitud electrónica. El proceso duró 3 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Rakuten (Tokio) en ene 2022
Entrevista
Was told from the start that my qualifications probably didn't meet the bar of the job ad, was made to feel inferior the whole time. Very rude managers (all non-Japanese)
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
How would you set a roadmap for so and so product?
Solicité el puesto a través de un captador. El proceso duró 4 meses. Acudí a una entrevista en Rakuten (Tokio)
Entrevista
It is a very long and tedious process. A total waste of time. It starts with a video interview followed by 3 face to face meetings. For each interview you're asked to prepare a presentation to show not only your background but share your business ideas. If you are not English native they will ask you to take an English test even though some interviewers do not speak it well. You may also need to provide a recommendation letter at a later stage. In my case, the entire process took almost 4 months before being rejected. The interviewers were very gentle and thanked me a lot for the business ideas I shared with them.
