I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Alibaba Group
Interview
The process consists of one online assessment and two interviews based on resumes. The interviewers are nice and patient. Although I failed to answer well for a few questions, they would give you hint and lead you to think.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The first one is about 45min, asking questions around my resumes including NLP and SQL usage. He also asked questions about time series modelling for multiple series.
The second interview is also with another colleague of the department. It's around 75min asking about SQL RANK and Join function, A/B experiment and Poisson distribution
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.
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%
Presentation: 11%
Background check: 11%
Personality test: 11%
Skills test: 11%
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