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).
The interviewers were very kind and the procedure was high-efficient and professional. The first round is on the phone with your potential manager. The second round is in-person. There was 1 week between the first and second round.
1. A brief HR call to walk through the JD 2. 1-hr with a line manager 3. 1-hr with a team leader Simple process. The interviews were conducted in Chinese.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was the most challenging product you have worked on?
Two round, basic behaviour questions for the first one. For the second round, we have technical test for SQL and Excel programming, there is a requirement for the magnitude of the data to be processed.