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).
- easy leet code style code test
- ask about research experience
- talk a lot about view of current tech and future improvement
- ask the implementation of some basic algorithms
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at ByteDance (Milano) in May 2025
Interview
Everything was very fast, but the process takes 1 month normally. There were 4 interviews with different people, and the main questions were about real case studies, my experience, etc
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would i do if a creator has X GMV and certain CTR
It was a technical interview, introduction was very short and started off immediately with a problem to solve in any language i liked and i was asked to explain the solution and was given edge cases and re-directed by the intero
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Introduce myself, and then asked me about the complexity of the solution i wrote