Alibaba Group Software Engineer interview experience

Got offer

MediumHangzhou, ZhejiangPosted Sep 2012 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My path started with an exam on paper.

After I completed that, three different people interviewed me face to face. The structure felt like a staged screening—pass the exam, then move into direct interviews.

After the interviewers’ evaluation, if they were satisfied with my responses, the company would make an offer by telephone. Then they asked me to take a physical exam, and only after I passed that did I receive the offer by email.

The whole process felt more procedural than purely technical, and I ended up getting the offer. Looking back, the most memorable part wasn’t any single question—it was how many distinct checkpoints

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