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).
Submit applications and HR will notify there are two to three interviews. round 1 is someone who leads you directly, round 2 and 3 are seniors. It depends on which team you are applying
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Question 1
What's the advantage/disadvantage tiktok has over ig reels, how to improve? How to commercialize?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at ByteDance (New York, NY) in Sep 2020
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Good and fast process. Very straight forward and allowed to be myself. They also did a background check as I was one of the first employees in the region. Ok no more words
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at ByteDance (Singapour) in Feb 2022
Interview
Technical interviews with Leetcode style questions and question on project experience as well as role related knowledge. Interviewers preferred to interview in Chinese. May be difficult to work there if not well-versed in Chinese.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
3Sum, Search in a Rotated Sorted Array, Change Light Bulbs