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Updated 27 May 2022

ByteDance Software Engineer Interview Experiences

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I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Apr 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Microservices in-depth (advantages/disadvantages, service mesh, communication protocol, monitoring, resilience pattern)
  • Q2. Binary search (not joking)
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Programming Language in-depth
  • Q2. Leetcode Hard Largest Miltiple of 3
  • Ans. 

    Given an array of digits, find the largest multiple of 3 that can be formed from the digits.

    • Sort the array in descending order.

    • If the sum of digits is divisible by 3, return the array as a string.

    • If the sum of digits modulo 3 is 1, remove the smallest digit that has a remainder of 1 when divided by 3, or the two smallest digits that have a remainder of 2 when divided by 3.

    • If the sum of digits modulo 3 is 2, remove the ...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Just normal LeetCode question (Medium, Hard)

Skills evaluated in this interview

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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. Given a 2d matrix with some D doors and W walls, we need fill distance matrix with minimum distance to the nearest door
  • Ans. 

    Given a 2D matrix with doors and walls, fill distance matrix with minimum distance to the nearest door.

    • Iterate through the matrix and find the doors

    • Use Breadth-First Search (BFS) to calculate the minimum distance from each cell to the nearest door

    • Update the distance matrix with the minimum distances

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Given a read-only array we want to find kth smallest element in unordered array with O(1) space
  • Ans. 

    Find kth smallest element in unordered array with O(1) space

    • Use the QuickSelect algorithm to partition the array and find the kth smallest element

    • Choose a pivot element and partition the array into two subarrays

    • Recursively partition the subarray that contains the kth smallest element

    • Repeat until the pivot element is the kth smallest element

    • Time complexity: O(n) average case, O(n^2) worst case

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Design question
  • Q4. Find friends of friend who already are not friends with you
  • Ans. 

    To find friends of friends who are not already friends with you, we can first find your friends and then their friends excluding yourself and your friends.

    • Get your list of friends

    • For each friend, get their list of friends

    • Exclude yourself and your friends from the final list of friends of friends

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: It started with an informal talk after he gave his introduction. We talked about the cyclone that was going to be there and what I did in my internship and my previous projects. Then we moved to questions. After solving both questions he asked if I had questions.
Tips: Just walk the interviewer through the solution you're proposing.

Round: Other Interview
Experience: He started with a design question with how to stream an image such that all clients see the same image at the same time. You need to take care of delays, network problems. He kept on adding new elements like compression, streaming, utc time related issues, client rendering delays and so on.

Round: Other Interview
Experience: This was bar-raiser round.

Skills: Design, Algorithms And Data Structures, Graph Theory
College Name: IIT Madras

Skills evaluated in this interview

I appeared for an interview before Apr 2021.

Round 1 - Face to Face 

(2 Questions)

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

It started with an informal talk after he gave his introduction. We talked about the cyclone that was going to be there and what I did in my internship and my previous projects. Then we moved to questions. After solving both questions he asked if I had questions.

  • Q1. 

    Kth Largest Element Problem Statement

    Given an array of distinct positive integers and a number 'K', your task is to find the K'th largest element in the array.

    Example:

    Input:
    Array: [2,1,5,6,3,8], K ...
  • Ans. 

    Find the Kth largest element in an array of distinct positive integers.

    • Sort the array in non-increasing order

    • Return the Kth element from the sorted array

    • Handle multiple test cases

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. 

    Orange Rotting Problem Statement

    Consider a grid containing oranges. Each cell in this grid can hold one of three integer values:

    • Value 0: Represents an empty cell.
    • Value 1: Represents a fresh orang...
  • Ans. 

    The task is to determine the minimum time required for all fresh oranges to become rotten in a grid.

    • Create a queue to store the rotten oranges and their time of rotting.

    • Iterate through the grid to find the initial rotten oranges and add them to the queue.

    • Perform BFS by popping each rotten orange from the queue, rot adjacent fresh oranges, and add them to the queue with updated time.

    • Continue until the queue is empty, ke...

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Face to Face 

Round duration - 45 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

This was a design round.

Interview Preparation Tips

Eligibility criteriaAbove 8 CGPAUber interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Design, Algorithms And Data Structures, Graph Theory, System Design, Aptitude, OOPSTime required to prepare for the interview - 4 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Must do Previously asked Interview as well as Online Test Questions.
Tip 2 : Go through all the previous interview experiences from Codestudio and Leetcode.
Tip 3 : Do at-least 2 good projects and you must know every bit of them.

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Have at-least 2 good projects explained in short with all important points covered.
Tip 2 : Every skill must be mentioned.
Tip 3 : Focus on skills, projects and experiences more.

Final outcome of the interviewRejected

Skills evaluated in this interview

I appeared for an interview before May 2021.

Round 1 - Face to Face 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

  • Q1. 

    Find the k-th Node from the End of a Linked List

    Given the head node of a singly linked list and an integer 'k', this problem requires you to determine the value at the k-th node from the end of the linke...

  • Ans. 

    To find the k-th node from the end of a linked list, iterate through the list to determine the size, then traverse again to reach the k-th node from the end.

    • Iterate through the linked list to determine its size.

    • Calculate the position of the k-th node from the end based on the size of the list.

    • Traverse the list again to reach the k-th node from the end.

    • Return a pointer to the k-th node from the end.

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Video Call 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

High level System Design

  • Q1. Can you design a system like Uber, explaining the various components and architecture involved?
  • Ans. 

    Designing a system like Uber involves components like user app, driver app, server, database, and algorithms for matching and routing.

    • User app for booking rides and tracking

    • Driver app for accepting rides and navigation

    • Server for handling requests and communication between apps

    • Database for storing user, driver, and ride information

    • Algorithms for matching riders with drivers and routing

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - HR 

Round duration - 45 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Basic HR questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI applied for the job as Software Engineer in HyderabadEligibility criteriaAbove 7 CgpaUber interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Data Structures, React JS, JavaScript, DBMS, AlgorithmsTime required to prepare for the interview - 6 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Practise DSA/coding consistently
Tip 2 : Choose a tech stack and Make side hobby projects
Tip 3 : Give mock interviews for your preparation evaluation

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Pointers about your current job responsibility
Tip 2 : Side Projects with Tech stack

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jun 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. Y r u choosing this job only??
  • Ans. Because I want to share my ideas and innovative to others and to develop our company in good manner.
  • Answered Anonymously
  • Q2. What's your dream?
  • Q3. My dream is to got a job
  • Q4. How much salary will you expected??

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - My advice is to be positive at any situation and be active .
Don't get feared .
Your dressing is shown ur attitude.
Give respect to the others don't forget these things.
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
-

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Jun 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Implement your own state management in React and integrate it into a React application.

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jul 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

3 questions easy-medium level leetcode problem I solved 2 completely and 3rd question partially (9/15 test cases passed) to move on to 2nd round

Round 2 - Coding Test 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Implement an app similar to splitwise
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Lists and Trees were asked

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I applied via Campus Placement

Round 1 - Coding Test 

QUESTIONS BASED ON TREES , GRPAHS

Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

BASIC APTITUDE LIKE LOCATION ETC

Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What di you use in project
  • Ans. 

    I used Java, Spring Boot, and MySQL in my project to develop a web application for managing inventory.

    • Java

    • Spring Boot

    • MySQL

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What issues did you face
  • Ans. 

    I faced issues with debugging complex code, collaborating with team members, and meeting tight deadlines.

    • Debugging complex code: Had to spend extra time identifying and fixing bugs in intricate code.

    • Collaborating with team members: Communication issues and conflicting ideas slowed down progress.

    • Meeting tight deadlines: Struggled to prioritize tasks and manage time effectively to meet project deadlines.

  • Answered by AI
Interview experience
2
Poor
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Aug 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
View all tips
Round 2 - Coding Test 

I'm knowlege of c language

Round 3 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Aney question of c language
  • Q2. And data base and etc

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - I'm knowlege of knowledge management and computer networks

ByteDance Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in ByteDance Software Engineer interview?
ByteDance interview process usually has 2 rounds. The most common rounds in the ByteDance interview process are Technical.
How to prepare for ByteDance Software Engineer interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at ByteDance. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at ByteDance expect are Java, Algorithms, Android, Data Structures and Kafka.
What are the top questions asked in ByteDance Software Engineer interview?

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