Alibaba

Software Development Engineer Interview Experience

October 25, 2014

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

This is not normal for me. The interviewer introduced the company to me for half an hour, and I received the offer. By the way, the interviewer asked me a question: "How to get useful data from a database that stores a period of calls for a particular group of users?"

Questions

I just write some ideas, and a simple Python answer, even if it's not finished.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Alibaba Software Development Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

50%

Pass Rate

Alibaba's interview process for their Software Development Engineer roles in the United States is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive50%

Neutral50%

Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Alibaba's Software Development Engineer interview process in United States.

Alibaba Work Experiences

My first job

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Pros: Some colleagues are very diligent, and the e-commerce industry is prospering in today's China, as well as third-party payments.

Cons: Some guys are lazy and sly. Some product designers are just reluctant to continually promote their old pieces of work, so some products are broken and nobody cares.

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Pros: Some colleagues are very diligent, and the e-commerce industry is prospering in today's China, as well as third-party payments.

Cons: Some guys are lazy and sly. Some product designers are just reluctant to continually promote their old pieces of work, so some products are broken and nobody cares.

Money And Abroad, Nothing Else

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: for money, for running abroad. It is the only reason.

Cons: The private sector does not want to speak here.

Money And Abroad, Nothing Else

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: for money, for running abroad. It is the only reason.

Cons: The private sector does not want to speak here.

Exciting Projects, Overtime Often

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Pros: Resource of experienced and smart engineers. Occasional tech talk activities. Exciting projects and huge impact.

Cons: Sometimes I work overtime. Projects are changed easily.

Exciting Projects, Overtime Often

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Pros: Resource of experienced and smart engineers. Occasional tech talk activities. Exciting projects and huge impact.

Cons: Sometimes I work overtime. Projects are changed easily.

My first job

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Pros: Some colleagues are very diligent, and the e-commerce industry is prospering in today's China, as well as third-party payments.

Cons: Some guys are lazy and sly. Some product designers are just reluctant to continually promote their old pieces of work, so some products are broken and nobody cares.

4.0
My first job
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
April 30, 2015
Pros: Some colleagues are very diligent, and the e-commerce industry is prospering in today's China, as well as third-party payments.
Cons: Some guys are lazy and sly. Some product designers are just reluctant to continually promote their old pieces of work, so some products are broken and nobody cares.

Money And Abroad, Nothing Else

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: for money, for running abroad. It is the only reason.

Cons: The private sector does not want to speak here.

3.0
Money And Abroad, Nothing Else
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
April 5, 2022
Pros: for money, for running abroad. It is the only reason.
Cons: The private sector does not want to speak here.

Exciting Projects, Overtime Often

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Pros: Resource of experienced and smart engineers. Occasional tech talk activities. Exciting projects and huge impact.

Cons: Sometimes I work overtime. Projects are changed easily.

5.0
Exciting Projects, Overtime Often
Software Development Engineer • Former Employee
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
May 18, 2016
Pros: Resource of experienced and smart engineers. Occasional tech talk activities. Exciting projects and huge impact.
Cons: Sometimes I work overtime. Projects are changed easily.

Alibaba Interview Questions

Path Sum IV

You are given a list of three-digit integers representing a binary tree's structure and node values. Calculate the sum of all paths from the root to the leaves in this tree.

Split Array with Equal Sum

Given an array of integers, determine if it's possible to split it into two non-empty subarrays with equal sums. The split point itself is not included in either subarray's sum.

Split Concatenated Strings

You are given a list of strings. Concatenate them to form a single string, then find the lexicographically largest string possible by splitting the concatenated string at any point and rejoining it.

StringsGreedy AlgorithmsArrays

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