Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Rakuten Kobo as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Designer and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Designer and roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Rakuten Kobo takes an average of 3 days when considering 1 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Designer had the quickest hiring process (on average 3 days), whereas Designer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 3 days).
Applied online after attending an in person office tour, emailed the early careers recruiter, received an invite to interview after a week after applying, first round was a phone call interview just asking about background and why I applied for the role, second round was speaking to the team director and senior manager online, received final results the week after final interview
it is 1 hour interview, go through resume.
learning candidate's background and learn about the projects have done, and details how the project is implemented.
There is a small coding exam.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
the interview is focus on the resume. Question is based on what you have done.
Very good. They asked questions very nicely and asked about my preference. The questions were simple and straight forward. They made me feel friendly and welcoming. I really liked the interview process