Alibaba Group interview questions
Updated Jun 2, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 22%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 10%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 8%RecruiterRecruiter
- 4%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 3%In PersonIn Person
- 1%OtherOther
Interview search
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Alibaba Group interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Alibaba Group as 64.2% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.16 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Front End Developer and Janitor rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Manager and Software Engineer (Principal Software Architect) roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Alibaba Group takes an average of 25 days when considering 272 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Internship had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Business Analyst roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 360 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Alibaba Group according to 272 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 22%
One on one interview: 16%
Skills test: 14%
Presentation: 13%
Background check: 9%
Drug test: 6%
Personality test: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Group panel interview: 5%
Other: 3%
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