I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Rakuten (Taipei) in Oct 2020
Interview
I only spoke with the unit supervisor during the interview. The main questions asked were about self-introduction and past project experiences. The supervisor interested in working on NLP-related tasks, so most of the questions were related to text processing and modeling. It was easy to answer as long as you had relevant experience.
I had 5 total interviews/calls in total - way too much time invested for an intern interview. Also, one of the interviewers was extremely rude and told me I was making no sense during the interviews but he was the one not paying attention (he did not have my resume pulled up).
Started with a simple recruiter screen and lasted a couple weeks. Had multiple interview with about 3-5 people. Lots of behavioral questions and communication was very clear the entire process. Very professional and kind people.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you do when you have a disagreement with someone on your team?
The interview was conducted on a single day. The process was smooth and medium difficulty. Enjoyed the process. Mostly followed a casual conversation style. There were 2 rounds: One technical and One managerial.
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