Before I describe the actual process, please note: My recruiter ended up getting hired for the very position they (adding ambiguity) had recruited me for. I had to find this out while browsing LinkedIn a month later. I don't know what to think besides... Waste of my time. I've heard of internal hiring, but not when the fields are drastically different. Left a bad taste in my mouth. Would have given a "Positive" experience otherwise. Now for the interview process: Contacted by a Recruiter on LinkedIn on Tuesday, had a phone chat on Wednesday, and they sent me the standard deviation type HackerRank challenge mentioned many times on Glassdoor. Completed the HackerRank the following Tuesday and heard that I got to onsite round on Wednesday. Quick process. I arrived for my onsite on the following Monday. The schedule was 2-3 hours and consisted of 3 behavioral/experience interviews and 1 technical interview. First interview was with an engineering manager, second interview was with a mobile engineering manager (I think), and the third interview was with two software engineers. The fourth was with a software engineer who asked me a whiteboard question. He was very helpful and attentive, guiding me in the right directions. Our interview had to be cut short because a group of Rakuten employees had reserved the same meeting room. I was a little confused as to why Rakuten had not organized this better, but it wasn't a big deal. I had enjoyed my time there and really liked my interviewers. It was a fun process. My recruiter told me I would get a decision by the end of the week (4 days after onsite), but when the time came, there were "scheduling conflicts" so I was unable to get a result until the following Wednesday. They broke the news to me, and I was very disappointed but satisfied with my effort. Thankful for the opportunity that I felt I had just lost fairly. Little did I know, they were one of the (or the only) candidate(s) that got hired.

All are online test and interview. The first part is an online programming test. You are required to finish a small program in 60 minutes. You can choose you favorite language and the problem itself is pretty simple. Then you are asked to take a video interview and answer 3 pre-recorded question. You will receive e-mails about that and question will be shown in your email. However, the email said you have 2 minute for each problem but in the recording system, you actually have 5 minutes for each question. All questions are simple HR questions like your technical background. Still waiting for the next rounds interview.