Alibaba

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience

April 1, 2018

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

Resume and project experience questions.

Java knowledge:

Basic Java OOD concepts.
Spring framework.
Design Patterns.
Concurrency package.
JVM, Java GC.
SQL, SQL indexes.
SQL and NoSQL databases.
Big data systems.

2 algorithm questions.

One round of behavioral questions. Group introduction.

Questions

Differences between:

Set
Map
HashMap
ConcurrentHashMap

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 5 interview experiences for the Alibaba Software Engineer (Internship) role in United States.

Success Rate

60%

Pass Rate

Alibaba's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in the United States is on the easier side as most engineers get an offer after going through it.

Experience Rating

Positive80%

Neutral20%

Negative0%

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

Alibaba Work Experiences

Good money, but not a good environment

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

Beijing, Beijing, China

December 5, 2020

Pros: Money is good if you can get very used to the culture there.

Cons: Prolonged, no-pay-back working hours and very bureaucratic superior and subordinate relationships.

Good money, but not a good environment

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

Beijing, Beijing, China

December 5, 2020

Pros: Money is good if you can get very used to the culture there.

Cons: Prolonged, no-pay-back working hours and very bureaucratic superior and subordinate relationships.

Good Company, Project Challenges

Algorithm Developer • Current Employee

Pros: Good company and interesting projects.

Cons: Some communication problems with Chinese.

Good Company, Project Challenges

Algorithm Developer • Current Employee

Pros: Good company and interesting projects.

Cons: Some communication problems with Chinese.

Proud or arrogant in Big Data?

Big Data Architect • Current Employee

Pros: A true place that holds really big market, transaction, and customer data.

Cons: Arrogant! They thought they are a global company, but they don't operate like one. They believed they have the most advanced technologies in the world; c'mon, open your eyes! Open-sourced technologies labeled with your own brand become the best on earth? I just lost my words.

Proud or arrogant in Big Data?

Big Data Architect • Current Employee

Pros: A true place that holds really big market, transaction, and customer data.

Cons: Arrogant! They thought they are a global company, but they don't operate like one. They believed they have the most advanced technologies in the world; c'mon, open your eyes! Open-sourced technologies labeled with your own brand become the best on earth? I just lost my words.

Good money, but not a good environment

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

Beijing, Beijing, China

December 5, 2020

Pros: Money is good if you can get very used to the culture there.

Cons: Prolonged, no-pay-back working hours and very bureaucratic superior and subordinate relationships.

3.0
Good money, but not a good environment
Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee
Beijing, Beijing, China
December 5, 2020
Pros: Money is good if you can get very used to the culture there.
Cons: Prolonged, no-pay-back working hours and very bureaucratic superior and subordinate relationships.

Good Company, Project Challenges

Algorithm Developer • Current Employee

Pros: Good company and interesting projects.

Cons: Some communication problems with Chinese.

4.0
Good Company, Project Challenges
Algorithm Developer • Current Employee
July 18, 2022
Pros: Good company and interesting projects.
Cons: Some communication problems with Chinese.

Proud or arrogant in Big Data?

Big Data Architect • Current Employee

Pros: A true place that holds really big market, transaction, and customer data.

Cons: Arrogant! They thought they are a global company, but they don't operate like one. They believed they have the most advanced technologies in the world; c'mon, open your eyes! Open-sourced technologies labeled with your own brand become the best on earth? I just lost my words.

1.0
Proud or arrogant in Big Data?
Big Data Architect • Current Employee
March 8, 2019
Pros: A true place that holds really big market, transaction, and customer data.
Cons: Arrogant! They thought they are a global company, but they don't operate like one. They believed they have the most advanced technologies in the world; c'mon, open your eyes! Open-sourced technologies labeled with your own brand become the best on earth? I just lost my words.

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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