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).
first screen with HR, ask general questions like past experience, short intro to the job, ask Sponsorship status, was told that there will be simultaneous interpretation test and translation test after resume submission to the team and if it aligns with their need, will conduct tests accordingly
Submitted application through referral link. Received recruiter phone screening within a few days. And then immediately asked for availability to schedule the 1st round technical interview with one of the team members.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walk me through your resume and elaborate on what problems you solved with data and what metrics you used.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at ByteDance (Singapur) in Jan 2025
Interview
Mostly java technical questions, and a medium level leetcode question i think? Preferably should do it in java, position i applied for was like a java backend developer. At the end asked if I know how to speak mandarin and my level of speaking