Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at ByteDance as 25% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.75 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Software Engineer and Community Manager rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for CCM Specialist and Community Manager roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at ByteDance takes an average of 10 days when considering 4 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for CCM Specialist had the quickest hiring process (on average 10 days), whereas CCM Specialist roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 10 days).
absolute nonsense, inexperienced interviewer with weird questions
the interviewer also seems to be extremely exhausted, could be a good indication of their working culture(the interview was conducted 2pm local time)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
sort an array
asked for an solution better than O(long), what u invented quantum computing?
Step 1 ,some code problem then the manager ask some system design, in the end you ask some question about company.
algorithm question is about map path find, middle difficulty
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at ByteDance (San Jose, CA) in Feb 2024
Interview
Not a satisfying experience.
Only the hr came as the initial interviewer and talked to me for an hour.
Needed to report to the home office in China.
The tech stack and documentation is in Chinese.