Alibaba

An alumnus referred me for a summer internship. It took two months from application to receiving the internship offer. The process consisted of four remote phone interviews. All questions were based on my CV, coding, and machine learning algorithms,

I was asked three algorithm questions, but also some eight-part essay questions. One of the algorithm questions was very puzzling. I don't know what they were investigating. Halfway through the interview, the overall experience was not very good.

Campus recruitment, online interviews via video meetings, two technical rounds, and one HR round, finished in about two weeks. Tech rounds focused on campus projects, CS fundamentals, and coding skills. HR round covered company culture, willingness