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Rakuten Product Manager Interview Experience

Rakuten · Senior

ResultWaiting
Timespan3 weeks
DifficultyEasy
Rounds3

Interview process

all rounds were behavioral. hiring managers also talked a lot about their current organization. final round especially was very light on any product sense related questions. mostly asking questions about previous experience

Interview rounds · 3

  1. 1

    Recruiter screen

    1. Q1. Why Rakuten GATD?
  2. 2

    Final / onsite round

    1. Q1. Going forward, what would be your career aspirations, or what do you imagine you're doing in a few years, or five to ten years, if you have anything in particular?
    2. Q2. How do you define the PM job, and which part of it interests you?
    3. Q3. What is the output of a product manager?
    4. Q4. Are you in a state of proactively looking for a new opportunity, or is it just because our recruiter reached out to you and you felt like, why not?
  3. 3

    Phone screen

    Behavioral
    1. Q1. What was the most difficult episode in your work, and how did you overcome it?
    2. Q2. Do you like to look up data? Do you prefer data-driven decision making over intuition?

Tips from the candidate

just prep behavioral and make sure understand your own background well. not much to prepare. probe quite heavily into if just applying to apply or if actually want to work at rakuten.

Company culture

some managers seemed slightly not engaged. first round was noticeably more engaged, second round maybe not as engaged. final round was good attitude.

Details

CompanyRakuten
RoleProduct Manager
LevelSenior
LocationJapan
InterviewedJul 2026
Questions asked7