I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at ByteDance in Feb 2025
Interview
The interviewer and I had an in-depth discussion about one of my most impactful projects, and they gave me a LeetCode medium-level problem to solve. It was not very difficult and the experience was nice.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at ByteDance (Dubai) in Nov 2024
Interview
A recruiter reached out through LinkedIn. She has scheduled the first technical interview, each interview is held after you pass the one before. The interview includes asking about technical projects, SWE concepts, and a problem-solving question. The interview is for 1 hour.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- ACID in database
- Java concurrency
- DB model -> eventual or strong consistency
- Kafka and Redis
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at ByteDance in Nov 2022
Interview
The interview process ranged from average to difficult. I completed the second user interview, but unfortunately, the recruiter ghosted me afterward without any follow-up, feedback, or explanation, which left me feeling confused and disappointed.