I applied through university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Alibaba Group in Jul 2013
Interview
campus hiring project:
1. test on paper, seven programming problems, about big data sort, big data search, and better storage method.
2. one-to-one interview: focus on technique questions, like sorting programs, btree, heap and also talk about all your projects on the resume.
3. manager interview: talk about your project on the white board, your opinions no the internet area, how to build a distributed database system.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
basic technique questions and programming skills, also ask questions about your projects