Data Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Alibaba Group with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 71% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Scientist roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Alibaba Group overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Alibaba Group as a Data Scientist according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 22%
Background check: 11%
Personality test: 11%
Skills test: 11%
Presentation: 11%
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I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Alibaba Group
Interview
Applied through campus recruitment. First there is a online test, and then I got a phone interview. The interviewer asked some regular questions like self introduction, project experience, etc. And some basic data structure questions like hash tables and queues.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The difficulties you encountered during your project.
SQL leetcoede medium level, several technical questions about ml(L1 and L2 difference, NLP language model, explain what is svm and kernel), one behavior question why this programme, nothing about case studies
Firstly, HRs contacted me to discuss which team I wanted to work in. There were 2 rounds of interview: first round was a video interview with a member from the team, and the second round was a face-to-face interview with the team leader.