ByteDance interview questions

The interview took about 5 weeks. HR reached out one week after I applied and started to set interview schedule. The 1st interview was Zoom video interview with a team member and it was about 30 mins. The interviewer used cellphone for video interview, so the experience was a bit informal. The interviewer asked questions about background, experience, and knowledge in mobile video industry, and towards the end, the interviewer asked me to send presentation slides sample that I did for projects in the past to her. I received information about 2nd interview 1 week later. For the 2nd interview, it was a cross-department interview with the marketing manager and it was set on a Sunday night due to the busy schedule of the interviewer. I was flexible and agreed. However, an hour before the interview, the HR called twice to warn of a potential cancellation due to the fact that interviewer wasn't in office yet and then 1 minute before the original time of interview, the HR called again to confirm the reschedule which was to be held half an hour later. Eventually, the interview took place at the same night, but with half an hour delay. Also, it was supposed to be a Zoom video interview, but in the last minute, the interviewer changed to audio, attributing this change to the lack of Internet bandwidth on her side. During the interview, I heard considerable noises time to time, which was distracting. The interviewer asked a few questions about user growth, marketing, and my career aspiration. The whole interview took only about 20 mins. The overall experience was casual, rushed and unprofessional. Ten days later, I received rejection email from the HR with no explanation of reason.

There are three rounds of interview. The first two are behavioral and product questions. The third one is conducted by an HR, and it's more like a cultural interview. My first interview got replaced by a writing test due to the interviewer's time conflict. The overall interview experience is pretty good. Got a pretty smooth communication and the process was professional. ByteDance's HR team moves very fast. The whole process could totally have been finished within one week.