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 technique interviews and an hr interview, the process was quick and the interviewers were nice. Each technique interview consists of two medium-difficulty questions. The hr interview was casual chatting.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at ByteDance (Peking, Peking) in Oct 2020
Interview
1st: HR interview
- General background, behavioral
- Normal behavioral questions, about 20 minutes
2nd: Investment team interview
- Behavioral + market trend
- Focused on past portfolios & research methods
3rd: Investment team interview
- Behavioral + market trend
- Depending on the interviewer, my interviewer focused on my personal motivations more than market trends and past portfolios
I have applied through referal. After one day I got an interview invitation. We conducted the interview through video conference. There were two people interwing me. The video last 30mins.