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).
#1: One leetcode hard question followed by questions on network, os basics and some brain teasers. The interviewer was quite helpful in guiding me onto the right direction.
#2: much like #1
#3: more focused on projects and experiences, got rejected after this round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe what happens when you run an executable that retrieves data from a website on linux.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at ByteDance (Peking, Peking) in Sep 2021
Interview
2 min self-introduction
Java HashMap source code
JVM and GC
Network TCP time-wait / differences between TCP and UDP
Database MySQL clustered index / how to prevent phantom read
Algorithm find longest common substring (15min)
just had phone call interview. they asked me why I'm willing to move to another company and my domain knowledge. the interviewer also introduced about the company and their vision.