Tech IndustryOct 23, 2018
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Alibaba Cloud Video Interview Preparation Tips

I have an upcoming video interview with Alibaba Cloud. Any preparation tips, besides LeetCode and reading up on Alibaba Cloud, to take into consideration? This is for a role in the Seattle/Bellevue area. Incidentally when I received the interview invite there was mention having passed a prior interview. I did not think I had a prior interview but then realized I met for a drink with a current Alibaba engineer at a bar in Bellevue, I now wonder if that was an interview in disguise! Some details about me. * Not an SDE but in a specialized cloud engineering role (think something like SysDev or DE for example) within AWS. I still do some coding and keep up with LeetCode on the weekends. * Recently promoted to L6 so this could be a bit awkward if I were to receive a compelling offer from Alibaba given so soon after a very difficult to get promotion at Amazon. * Current total compensation is about $240K USD in Seattle. Not very high for an L6 (at least what I see in other Blind threads) but I’m at the bottom of the pay range, given the promotion, and also my job family might have a slightly lower range then that of an SDE. * With regards to being Chinese or speaking the language. I do not speak any Mandarin and while I do have a smidgen of Chinese in me (multi-racial background) I would not be considered Chinese just by my outward appearance. My impression is that Alibaba is seriously trying to diversify their workforce and go where they can find the engineering talent (especially in cloud). Please serious answers only. There doesn’t seem to be a lot of discussion about the Alibaba process outside of China in this forum. Hoping any answers could help other potential candidates.

Facebook texter Oct 23, 2018

Start by learning mandarin.

Microsoft k8fnay8c98 Oct 23, 2018

I chortled. 9/10, would chortle again.

Oracle gogl Oct 24, 2018

Come on... why there? Do you want to work for Chinese government?