I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at ByteDance (San Jose, CA) in Oct 2025
Interview
Two rounds of technical interviews, and positive feedback from the interviewer. The role also greatly matched my background. But got rejected without any explanation. (I think they rejected me because of my nationality or something)
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at ByteDance in Nov 2025
Interview
4 technical rounds consisting of research presentations and ML fundamentals including ML coding interview. Very long process for an internship and weird recruiting process sometimes. Rejected after around 2 months in interview process with them
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain your research and asked me to talk about each component in depth
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at ByteDance (Seattle, WA) in Oct 2025
Interview
We discussed research projects followed by some coding tasks. During the research discussion, you’ll be asked a few high-level questions about the projects. The coding tasks themselves are straightforward. There are totally two rounds of tech interviews.
