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).
HR first contacted me a month after I applied, and I had one round of interview with my future direct line manager, a writing test after that, and another round of interview, then HR interview
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at ByteDance (Singapur) in Dec 2025
Interview
In the first stage, the interviwer spoke english and mandarin. He asked me to design a basic rate limiter. Went to second stage. The second stage Asked a Leetcode question and the interviewer wanted to communicate entirely in mandarin
The first round with MD, second round with hiring manager. Very hard, the first round was behaviroual and technical combo. Second round was a case study and need to be completed for two days.
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