ByteDance Software Engineer interview experience

It felt variable in difficulty depending on how much LeetCode I had actually put in, and I could tell quickly that timing mattered. I got through without full marks, but I still made it past the OA.

Then came three technical rounds, all centered on data structures and algorithms. Each round moved pretty fast and required me to solve problems live while explaining how I was thinking. The last stage was an HR behavioral conversation to evaluate communication and how I worked with others, which shifted the focus away from raw coding.

By the time I reached the later rounds, the experience felt