ByteDance·Software Engineer

ByteDance Software Engineer interview experience

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Negative

United StatesPosted Oct 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I ran into a frustrating technical disruption during my interviews that really shaped how the whole process felt.

During the session, the interviewer’s network and laptop both went down for long stretches, and the interview essentially stalled. I stayed patient and tried to keep the interaction calm, solving coding problems as expected when the interview continued, and even asked what I could do to be fully prepared. The response I got was positive, but the next day I still received a quick rejection.

Another round was similarly unsettling in how it was run. The interviewer didn’t even turn on their camera, leaving me to respond essentially on my own. After that, I was rejected without much explanation.

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