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).
Generally, there will be 4 or 5 rounds of interviews: from the department head, 1 or 2 XFN department heads, the direct team leader, and HRBP. The whole process may take at least one or two months because people here are always too busy to book a good time slot to meet. Also, you must get ready for much uncertainty in terms of suddheadcount decrease.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Your previous related experience and case analysis, like how you are going to dealing with the situation, and if you have ever heard about the recent cases of ByteDance.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at ByteDance (Pékin, Pékin) in Mar 2022
Interview
1. Tell me about yourself 2. If you are the PM, design a feature to help the charity foundations to raise money on TikTok or other Platform? 3. What is your weakness in your previous intern? 4. The most challenging experience in your last intern.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Question1: If you are the PM, design a feature to help the charity foundations to raise money on TikTok or other Platform? Question2: What is your weakness in your previous intern?
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at ByteDance in Sep 2022
Interview
HR recruiter reached out first and then went ahead for the technical interview. Interviewer was good and accommodating, lost of suggestions and questions while answering that helped me answer correctly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic UVM questions, monitor code and writing constraints.