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Give an example of a time that you used a universal design practice in your work as a UI or UX designer. Why was it important to do this?

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Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.

In the technology, software and mobile app fields today, accessibility is a huge topic. As a designer with Alibaba, you will be expected to help create products that are as accessible as possible to as many end users as possible. In this two part question, talk about why you feel that universal design is important in the work that you will be doing with Alibaba and then really sell your ability to do this by giving an example of a time you used a universal design in your previous work.

Ryan Brunner

Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.

"From a very high level, the business success of a program really relies on being universally designed. If we pigeon hole ourselves, a product will only reach a very limited group of end users. But taking that a step further, universal design is the morally right thing to do to help reach people that may not have access to the average program design. Last year, I was part of a project that utilized a voice user interface for users that were deaf or hard of hearing. This simple yet effective design was a huge win for our current customers and in helping drive new business with our groundbreaking software."

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27Alibaba Interview Questions & Answers

1.Here at Alibaba, we ask our test engineers to follow specific QA protocols. What role do you feel QA plays in software development and testing?

2.Do you have any unique skills or past work experiences that we can't see on your resume that would benefit the team here at Alibaba?

3.Do you have experience working with different CASE tools? If so, what do you have experience with?

4.Our implementation consultants here at Alibaba often face conflicts with our customers while onsite during implementations. What interpersonal skills do you use to handle conflicts with clients?

5.In your current work, what are the important steps you take in the data validation process?

6.What is one thing that really tests your patience when dealing with your coworkers?

7.Tell me about a time your manager changed the scope of the project in the middle of it. How did you deal with it?

8.What skills do you use to cope with the day to day stress and pressure on the job?

9.If hired here at Alibaba, what do you feel would be the biggest hurdle for you to overcome from the start?

10.As you reflect back on your career to this point in your search for a new position, what would you say is your ideal work environment or culture?

11.As a consultant with Alibaba, your role will be vital in gather information from our customers in building new technology for them. What would be your goals in an initial consultation with a new or existing client?

12.Give an example of a time that you used a universal design practice in your work as a UI or UX designer. Why was it important to do this?

13.As a machine learning engineer, how do you avoid the curse of dimensionality in your designs?

14.If hired for this position here at Alibaba, would you be comfortable handling overall project manager responsibilities for new software development?

15.What software analysis and design tools do you have familiarity working with?

16.What SDLC models are you familiar in working with?

17.What do you see as the top benefits of moving to a cloud based computing platform?

18.What experience do you have in the different types of software maintenance?

19.The next cloud engineer that we hire here at Alibaba needs to be able build a system that can handle a high amount of traffic. How would you test our system's ability to handle large amounts of traffic?

20.How do you ensure that you have a healthy work-life balance in your career?

21.What unique values can you bring to Alibaba in your user experience design skills?

22.Our cloud computing at Alibaba requires our experts to take proper security measures in their work. What security measures are you familiar with utilizing in a cloud platform?