I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at ByteDance in Dec 2020
Interview
No behavior questions at all. I was asked LC 239. Sliding Window Maximum, but wasn't able to give an optimized solution. I was interviewed on Friday and got refused the next Monday.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You are given an array of integers nums, there is a sliding window of size k which is moving from the very left of the array to the very right. You can only see the k numbers in the window. Each time the sliding window moves right by one position.
Return the max sliding window.
I applied online. I interviewed at ByteDance (Singapur)
Interview
A. recruiter approach with overview
B. online test with 4 leetcode style questions
C. first tech round with one senior guy that asked a lot related to my past experience around web development and language specific problems
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- common leetcode styled questions, 3 medium 1 hard
- chech through every detail of web development
- web browser loading process
- es6 common patterns, pitfalls, usage of promise, etc
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at ByteDance in Oct 2020
Interview
Chaotic. The job title and responsibilities changed halfway during the interview process and some of the interviewers were unaware themselves. Recruiters aren’t the best - they hound you trying to get interviews scheduled but don’t follow up on requests for feedback.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you prepare your organisation for a product launch in a new market?