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Alibaba Interview Experiences
3935 interview stories from candidates at 857 companies: how each round went, what was asked and how it ended. Every company page links to practice questions in the same style.
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- Kafka Idempotency Grilling and a Silent HRAlibaba · Software Engineer · Technical Screen · Oct 2026No response
HR chatted with me first and explained the process: roughly three technical rounds, and at the end an HRBP round for behavioral questions. The first video round was coding. A few pleasantries, then 10 minutes of the standard memorized-theory questions, then coding: 146 and 460. They didn't make me run it. I passed, and they scheduled the other two video rounds, one with the technical lead and one…
- Alibaba Group Account Executive interview: CV, motivation, and office-lead discussionsAlibaba Group · Account Executive · Other · Jul 2026
I started with a brief introductory conversation focused on my CV. The hiring-manager conversation was straightforward: we spent about 20 minutes reviewing my background and discussing my perspective based on what I had written. I later had a separate conversation about motivation and intent. The questions were meant to understand who I was, why I wanted the position, and how serious I was about…
