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).
3 rounds.
First and second rounds were technical interview; the third round was the fit interview.
Each round lasted for 1 hour and twenty minutes on average.
It took 3 to 5 days between each round
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. self introduction
2. 2 small cases
3. some behavioural questions
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at ByteDance in Dec 2022
Interview
1. Interview with the local manager - the interview took about 30 minutes and the manager asked questions in both English and the local office language)
2. Interview with the HR manager in APAC HQ (in English)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Why did you apply to TikTok?
2. What is your understanding of the role?
3. Tell me about your strengths and weaknesses.
4. What was your role in the past internships? What did you learn from them?
Referred on line and HR reached out with an online assessment. First round with hiring manager for an hour. He asked about my background and 1 coding question. He also asked some basic questions about algorithms and data structure.