Comparing with other Chinese companies, Alibaba is not a bad choice. You will get a good package if you are experienced in your area.
You will have a faster network to "seckill" some stuff on Taobao.com.
Work overtime. It is common to work from 9 or 10 am until 9 pm or later.
If you get promoted, you will always have a much lower salary than the newly hired ones.
The food is not free. It is a little expensive and tastes bad.
Separate the management and tech leadership. Evaluate the workload reasonably. Give more freedom to your staff to refuse team-building activities.
Application I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Alibaba.com (New York, NY) in March 2015. Interview Brief phone screen interview followed by 3 onsite interviews. The phone-screen interview is mainly
You will have a lot of rounds for different levels of people. HR will judge your attitude and culture fit with Alibaba's culture. You will present your previous projects, and they may ask for details about them.
Two sessions were held: * One with a tech lead engineer. * Another with the CTO and an HR person. Questions related to specific technologies (Java, Spring, etc.) and others related to architectures, among other topics.
Application I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Alibaba.com (New York, NY) in March 2015. Interview Brief phone screen interview followed by 3 onsite interviews. The phone-screen interview is mainly
You will have a lot of rounds for different levels of people. HR will judge your attitude and culture fit with Alibaba's culture. You will present your previous projects, and they may ask for details about them.
Two sessions were held: * One with a tech lead engineer. * Another with the CTO and an HR person. Questions related to specific technologies (Java, Spring, etc.) and others related to architectures, among other topics.