I applied online. I interviewed at Rakuten (Paris) in Jan 2016
Interview
There are several steps involved in the hiring process. 1. Telephonic 2. Face-to-face technical group discussion 3. Technical Presentation with Group heads in Japan (skype) 4. Online coding test 5. Technical presentation with the Research advisor in Japan (skype).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Regularization, differences b/w L1 and L2 regularization parameters.