ByteDance

Senior Software Development Engineer Interview Experience

April 1, 2022

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The recruiter contacted me via email and we had an initial conversation before I was set up for the first technical screening round. I was asked to solve a medium-level DS-algo problem.

I initially discussed a sub-optimal solution, but with a few hints, I came up with the optimal solution and implemented it. However, I received a rejection after a few days.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the ByteDance Senior Software Development Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

ByteDance's interview process for their Senior Software Development Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive100%

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Candidates reported having very good feelings for ByteDance's Senior Software Development Engineer interview process in United States.

ByteDance Work Experiences

Good Pay, Hard Work

Product Engineer • Former Employee

Singapore, Singapore

Pros: Good salary, good working environment.

Cons: Hard-working, under some pressure.

Good Pay, Hard Work

Product Engineer • Former Employee

Singapore, Singapore

Pros: Good salary, good working environment.

Cons: Hard-working, under some pressure.

Work experience is so-so

Big Data Engineer • Current Employee

Beijing, Beijing, China

September 10, 2023

Pros: TikTok and Douyin are very popular.

Cons: There are already quite a lot of employees in this company. Changes are becoming limited. So you have to work harder and harder if you want to achieve good performance.

Work experience is so-so

Big Data Engineer • Current Employee

Beijing, Beijing, China

September 10, 2023

Pros: TikTok and Douyin are very popular.

Cons: There are already quite a lot of employees in this company. Changes are becoming limited. So you have to work harder and harder if you want to achieve good performance.

Lack Creativity, Just Do It

Backend Developer • Current Employee

Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia

Pros: - flexible working hour - your typical benefits, health insurance, meal allowance, salary

Cons: - Lack creativity. Most of the tasks just come from the leader. Just do it or get cut. - Performance is really biased. Even with your friends' feedback, in the end, your direct lead is the one putting the score. - Lack career growth. No salary increase even after performance exceeds expectations.

Lack Creativity, Just Do It

Backend Developer • Current Employee

Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia

Pros: - flexible working hour - your typical benefits, health insurance, meal allowance, salary

Cons: - Lack creativity. Most of the tasks just come from the leader. Just do it or get cut. - Performance is really biased. Even with your friends' feedback, in the end, your direct lead is the one putting the score. - Lack career growth. No salary increase even after performance exceeds expectations.

Good Pay, Hard Work

Product Engineer • Former Employee

Singapore, Singapore

Pros: Good salary, good working environment.

Cons: Hard-working, under some pressure.

4.0
Good Pay, Hard Work
Product Engineer • Former Employee
Singapore, Singapore
June 18, 2025
Pros: Good salary, good working environment.
Cons: Hard-working, under some pressure.

Work experience is so-so

Big Data Engineer • Current Employee

Beijing, Beijing, China

September 10, 2023

Pros: TikTok and Douyin are very popular.

Cons: There are already quite a lot of employees in this company. Changes are becoming limited. So you have to work harder and harder if you want to achieve good performance.

3.0
Work experience is so-so
Big Data Engineer • Current Employee
Beijing, Beijing, China
September 10, 2023
Pros: TikTok and Douyin are very popular.
Cons: There are already quite a lot of employees in this company. Changes are becoming limited. So you have to work harder and harder if you want to achieve good performance.

Lack Creativity, Just Do It

Backend Developer • Current Employee

Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia

Pros: - flexible working hour - your typical benefits, health insurance, meal allowance, salary

Cons: - Lack creativity. Most of the tasks just come from the leader. Just do it or get cut. - Performance is really biased. Even with your friends' feedback, in the end, your direct lead is the one putting the score. - Lack career growth. No salary increase even after performance exceeds expectations.

3.0
Lack Creativity, Just Do It
Backend Developer • Current Employee
Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia
May 28, 2025
Pros: - flexible working hour - your typical benefits, health insurance, meal allowance, salary
Cons: - Lack creativity. Most of the tasks just come from the leader. Just do it or get cut. - Performance is really biased. Even with your friends' feedback, in the end, your direct lead is the one putting the score. - Lack career growth. No salary increase even after performance exceeds expectations.

ByteDance Interview Questions

LRU Cache

Design a data structure that acts as a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache. Implement methods to get and put key-value pairs, evicting the least recently used entry when the cache is full.

Remove Duplicate Letters

Given a string, remove duplicate letters so that each letter appears only once. Ensure the resulting string is the smallest in lexicographical order among all possible results.

StringsStacksGreedy Algorithms

Smallest Subsequence of Distinct Characters

Find the lexicographically smallest subsequence of distinct characters from a given string. You need to ensure each character appears only once and the relative order is maintained.

StringsStacksGreedy Algorithms

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