Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at ByteDance as 60% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.75 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Content Marketing Manager and Computational Linguist rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Computational Linguist and Modérateur roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at ByteDance takes an average of 12 days when considering 5 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Music Content and Community Manager had the quickest hiring process (on average 8 days), whereas Computational Linguist roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 14 days).
The interview started with a self-intro followed by asking some theory questions about networking. The last 20 mins were catered for coding assessment. Interviewer was a senior software engineer from mainland china
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at ByteDance
Interview
The interview process is a lot faster than traditional company. There are multiple interviews, but each with only a few days gap. The interview is on the casual side, it is like two-way conversation rather than just answering.
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Question 1
What are some of the challenging project that I did not succeed at and what do I learn from there?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at ByteDance (Londres, Angleterre) in Sep 2022
Interview
Took over 4 weeks to get through the interviews and would have taken longer if I was asked to the next stage. I was interviewed by recruitment HR twice. Then was interviewed by multiple managers without even knowing what their job role was and what to expect from them. I was questioned a lot about my previous role and the company's strategy (I worked for a competing social media tech company) and it just felt like a lot of mining and spying on the competition. At times, I wasn't sure if they were sincerely interested in me or just wanted to pry me for information. The number of interviews was meant to be six but I only made it to four before receiving a generic rejection email. I asked for feedback but of course, they won't reply. I waited 8 days before they replied to my email asking about the application process and then got the rejection. But I partly feel like I dodged a bullet. I know many people that left Tiktok after a few months.
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Question 1
What was the process at your previous role What do you know about this project How did you handle this situation in your previous role Who was in operation in your previous role?