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).
Really snobbish and arrogant. Ignored my scheduling, ignored my preferences. This is not the first time being interviewed by ByteDance or TikTok. Every single time, this company has got the worst experience.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at ByteDance (Shanghai, Shanghai) in Apr 2026
Interview
self introduce first, and talked about my previous job. Ask about how I optimize the first page, and why we doing that. Then they ask about my open source projects, how I use AI and what do I found during using AI. After that, he gave me an algorism question.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at ByteDance in Apr 2026
Interview
HR was very hands on with my interview process and was able to progress towards the next steps in just a few days. I'd say it took about only 2 weeks for the entire interview process before discussing any numbers attached to the offer.