I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Rakuten (San Francisco, CA) in July 2021
Interview
Absolute joke and I cannot believe that in this day and age that recruiters ghost you after you've gone through a full process. It's so disrespectful to people's time and effort. After I went through the full round, not even a status as to say I didn't get the job (still have not heard back).
To me I was glad as I was iffy on the job to begin with bc it shows the type of organization they are and a glimpse into my possible future if I had taken an offer.
Recruiter, Hiring Manager and then a team of interviewers. Total time spent around 4 hours and very typical with no structure. Nothing difficult or easy, just spoke about my experience with each person and how we would interact.
Très bon entretien, à l’écoute. Le premier se fait avec la RH qui était très gentille et ouverte à la discussion (donne des conseils pour entretien 2). 2ème entretien avec le manager et pas de cas pratique
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Question 1
Pourquoi Rakuten et pas une autre boite de e-commerce ?
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Rakuten (San Mateo, CA)
Interview
The entire process (3 rounds of video interviews) took 3.5 months, only for me to receive an auto-generated "position filled" letter. Ridiculous.
The recruiter couldn't email candidates, presumably only a handful, who made it to the third round? The recruiter was still with the company at that time, as far as I could tell.
Hiring freeze, maybe? Or some other corporate interference? Regardless, no excuses. I moved on long before I got the rejection letter.
Also, during one interview session, two people at two different scheduled times asked many of the same questions. Why not divide and conquer to cover the most ground?
To me this says "indifferent" and "uninterested." Initially I was very excited about the role/team/company but after two months I went to MEH.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe your project management style; other typical, generic interview questions.
Video interview online, only one chance of recording, I’ll write down about more details after I taking it, thank you guys, hope you guys best luck in job hunting!!!!!!!!! Video interview online, only one chance of recording, I’ll write down about more details after I taking it, thank you guys, hope you guys best luck in job hunting!!!!!!!!!