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).
My interviewers were really friendly.
They asked basic behavioral questions as my role was a business role . All of the interviews were virtual and a total of 3/4 rounds.
two rounds of technical interview with a meetup with the recruiter, not too difficult, lc medium and a lot of questions on technical details of previous projects and networking/OS/DB concepts.
I applied online. I interviewed at ByteDance (Peking, Peking) in Sep 2025
Interview
The interview process is tight and concise, and the interviewers are basically very friendly but with very sharp ideas. The interviews are around half an hour and I went through three rounds of this.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What's your most difficult time during your past career life?