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).
There are four interview rounds in total. The first three are one-on-one, and the final round is a group interview with multiple interviewers and candidates, mainly focused on a case study.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What metrics or aspects do you use to evaluate the performance of TikTok's advertising department?
It was conducted mostly in Mandarin as they were more comfortable conversing in Mandarin as they were based in China. I was asked to described my experience in Mandarin and they said it was okay if I added some english words. Rather flexible and understanding of them
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at ByteDance (San Jose, CA) in Feb 2024
Interview
One round of online assessment with four questions in two hours, three rounds of technical interview and one round of HR call. Each candidate could only apply for three positions at a time