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).
It was pretty straight forward. They asked the usual questions regarding career history, skills, etc. It ws less than 30 minutes. It was over the phone - no video component.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at ByteDance (Singapur) in Feb 2020
Interview
It was for a regional role. However the entire process was very messy and disorganised. Candidates have no idea who is conducting the interview as only names are provided. During the interview, candidate struggles to understand if the interviewer is even familiar with the role. For a regional function, minimally the English language would have been expected, otherwise please make sure a neutral business partner should be around to ensure that questions and answers are interpreted correctly. You could clearly tell the interviewer could not speak proper English. Also it is very confusing to be routed for 4 rounds of interview and each session, candidate have to REPEAT entire introduction of work experience to the interviewer. Some of the conducting Interviewer did not even introduce themselves clearly of their co relationship in the structure of the team. This must be the most disorganised and unprofessional experience ever been received. The most ultimate part is, after all the interviews are conducted, there is no rejection email, or followup email. This is even after 2 attempts to write in to the Human resource team and still no response. How professional can this be? This reflects are very topsy curvy recruitment style.
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Question 1
General questions surrounding work experience and the operational experiences.
Easily passed the tech interview but got rejected for a shallow reason. Interviewer was obviously focusing on something else besides the interview and showed lack of interest in even interviewing me. Waste of time and overall disrespectful company.