Big Data Engineer Interview Experience - Chengdu, Sichuan
June 23, 2019
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer
Process
Mainly about the system design and approach to handling the dataset in a large-scale context.
Also, some questions about how to efficiently pre-process large data under certain hardware configuration constraints.
Questions
How to efficiently get the Top-10 high-frequency numbers from billions of numbers?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Alibaba Big Data Engineer role in Chengdu, Sichuan.
Success Rate
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Pass Rate
Alibaba's interview process for their Big Data Engineer roles in Chengdu, Sichuan is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
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Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Alibaba's Big Data Engineer interview process in Chengdu, Sichuan.
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