Alibaba

They paid for the ticket and flew to Hangzhou for an interview. They showed the work environment and introduced the position. Even though it wasn't quite suitable for the job description, it was a very good trip to learn about the culture.

There were several phone interview rounds. They asked me algorithm and math questions. There was also a coding test, for which I wrote my code and emailed it to the interviewer.

I applied on LinkedIn and got a technical review meeting scheduled without having any prior discussion with recruiters/HR. The interviewer was nice and asked me about my CV. He asked me to create a simple Python/Java method to reverse a string, and