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).
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Interview
Recruiter reached out about a on-site position which I had let her know I’m not near the city where their office is in and asked if they’d consider remote. She had let me know we can “find a solution about this issue in further communication”. I spoke to the the hiring manager next who had no idea the recruiter had put me forward as a candidate even though I was not local to their office. Didn’t hear back for over 2 weeks after following up twice and the recruiter told me the position is closed. What does that even mean? I asked her for additional details and feedback and got ghosted of course.
They were not serious about hiring b/c they didn't ask me a single question about myself or my experience. Instead, they asked about insights into the US market for 2+ hours before rejecting me. They just want to use these interviews as a way to collect intel on the US.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are your thoughts about these six parts of the value chain (it's an area that Bytedance is interested in) What do you think Bytedance should do in the US