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Software Development Engineer (SDE) Interview Experience

January 20, 2026
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

It is a global e-commerce team from ByteDance. There was a basic resume project description and one hard LeetCode problem on HackerRank. Besides, there is nothing related to the technical parts, and no behavioral questions were asked for the first round. I failed in the first round.

Questions

There was a basic resume project description and one LeetCode problem on HackerRank.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 11 interview experiences for the ByteDance Software Development Engineer (SDE) role.

Success Rate

36%
Pass Rate

ByteDance's interview process for their Software Development Engineer (SDE) roles is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive36%
Neutral27%
Negative36%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for ByteDance's Software Development Engineer (SDE) interview process.

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