Backend Developer Interview Experience - Shanghai, Shanghai
September 1, 2021
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
Campus recruitment.
There were three rounds of technical interviews and one optional round of HR interview, depending on the business unit.
Each technical interview round took approximately one hour.
There was no HR interview for the position I applied to.
Questions
Final round of tech interview:
- Find the smallest palindrome number that is larger than a given n.
- Why you study CS.
- Some other basic knowledge.
- Given an array of length n containing numbers from 1 to n, find the only duplicate value in the array.
- Hash join.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the ByteDance Backend Developer role in Shanghai, Shanghai.
Success Rate
50%
Pass Rate
ByteDance's interview process for their Backend Developer roles in Shanghai, Shanghai is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive50%
Neutral50%
Negative0%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for ByteDance's Backend Developer interview process in Shanghai, Shanghai.
ByteDance Work Experiences
4.0
ByteDance working experience
Backend Developer • Current Employee
Shanghai, Shanghai, China
October 30, 2025
Pros: A decent salary and good development opportunities
Cons: The work pressure is quite high.
3.0
Want to leave
Backend Developer • Current Employee
Shanghai, Shanghai, China
June 29, 2025
Pros: 1. A good start for graduate.
2. Not so bad salary in Shanghai.
Cons: 1. Disgusting culture.
2. 10106, no life, just work.
4.0
Great Rcmd, Bad Balance
Backend Developer • Current Employee
Shanghai, Shanghai, China
June 23, 2025
Pros: - Good at Recommend & Search
Cons: - Not work-life balance at all.
- 4.0ByteDance working experienceBackend Developer • Current EmployeeShanghai, Shanghai, ChinaOctober 30, 2025Pros: A decent salary and good development opportunitiesCons: The work pressure is quite high.
- 3.0Want to leaveBackend Developer • Current EmployeeShanghai, Shanghai, ChinaJune 29, 2025Pros: 1. A good start for graduate. 2. Not so bad salary in Shanghai.Cons: 1. Disgusting culture. 2. 10106, no life, just work.
- 4.0Great Rcmd, Bad BalanceBackend Developer • Current EmployeeShanghai, Shanghai, ChinaJune 23, 2025Pros: - Good at Recommend & SearchCons: - Not work-life balance at all.
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