Alibaba Group Software Engineer interview experience

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Beijing, BeijingPosted Nov 2014 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I got in through a friend’s referral, and that meant I didn’t have to do a written test.

The process was basically two phone interviews. In the first call, an engineer walked me through a few algorithm questions, including something like merging k sorted lists. It felt very technical and focused on whether I could reason clearly under direct questioning.

The second phone round was a lot more behavioral. I talked through my projects and experience, and the interviewer seemed to use that as the main signal for fit and how I worked when things were ambiguous. Overall it didn’t drag on—I went from the referral setup into those two calls and ended up getting an offer afterward. What

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