Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Alibaba Group with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Intern roles take an average of 66 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 Intern according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
Presentation: 22%
Drug test: 11%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at Alibaba Group in Nov 2018
Interview
I got a refer for a research intern at Seattle, so there is no code test. After applying online, there are 5 rounds of phone interviews. For later interviews, the rank of the interviewers become higher, the 4th round is a cross-interview from Hangzhou and the last round is from HR.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The first interview asked about basic math problems as well as my research, the later ones are more focused on my research, they asked critical questions on the weakness of the methodologies. The HR interview asks more personality and you need to summarize your research in a simple way.
I interviewed at Alibaba Group (Hangzhou, Zhejiang)
Interview
They arranged three rounds of interviews, the first round focused on work experience and job match, the second round was an interview with cross-level leaders, focusing on work experience, personal thinking and views on the industry, and the third round was a video interview, focusing on exploring my personal characteristics
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Differences and advantages between company products and competitive products
I interviewed at Alibaba Group (Hangzhou, Zhejiang)
Interview
Alibaba is very strict in terms of resumes, and very good universities are not enough to pass the establishment screening. Interviewers usually put pressure on you to deny you.This type of interview is called a stress interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Ask me about organizing activities in the university
Hiring Manager asked me behaviour questions for a round and some technical problems for the second round. Most of them is related to your past experience and project you did. Not ver y hard