Alibaba

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience

March 1, 2018

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Referred through an employee and received an invitation for a phone interview. Questions mostly covered general topics related to data structures, algorithms, and database transactions. For coding questions, the discussion involved talking through and describing solutions without actual coding.

Questions

Questions about concurrency, multithreading, sorting algorithms, and database transactions.

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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

Great Learning, Terrible Work-life Balance

Backend Developer • Former Employee

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Pros: A good place to learn stuff.

Cons: Extremely, extremely, extremely poor work-life balance.

Great Learning, Terrible Work-life Balance

Backend Developer • Former Employee

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Pros: A good place to learn stuff.

Cons: Extremely, extremely, extremely poor work-life balance.

Good Pay, Terrible Workload

Backend Developer • Former Employee

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

October 17, 2023

Pros: Good environment, good pay, good location.

Cons: Huge workload, not enough personal time.

Good Pay, Terrible Workload

Backend Developer • Former Employee

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

October 17, 2023

Pros: Good environment, good pay, good location.

Cons: Huge workload, not enough personal time.

Great Pay, Tough Hours

Software Enginner • Current Employee

Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Pros: Good pay and good environment.

Cons: Not good work-life balance, need to work late.

Great Pay, Tough Hours

Software Enginner • Current Employee

Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Pros: Good pay and good environment.

Cons: Not good work-life balance, need to work late.

Great Learning, Terrible Work-life Balance

Backend Developer • Former Employee

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Pros: A good place to learn stuff.

Cons: Extremely, extremely, extremely poor work-life balance.

3.0
Great Learning, Terrible Work-life Balance
Backend Developer • Former Employee
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
March 25, 2021
Pros: A good place to learn stuff.
Cons: Extremely, extremely, extremely poor work-life balance.

Good Pay, Terrible Workload

Backend Developer • Former Employee

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

October 17, 2023

Pros: Good environment, good pay, good location.

Cons: Huge workload, not enough personal time.

4.0
Good Pay, Terrible Workload
Backend Developer • Former Employee
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
October 17, 2023
Pros: Good environment, good pay, good location.
Cons: Huge workload, not enough personal time.

Great Pay, Tough Hours

Software Enginner • Current Employee

Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Pros: Good pay and good environment.

Cons: Not good work-life balance, need to work late.

5.0
Great Pay, Tough Hours
Software Enginner • Current Employee
Shanghai, Shanghai, China
July 27, 2024
Pros: Good pay and good environment.
Cons: Not good work-life balance, need to work late.

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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