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      Director, Product Management Interview

      18 Aug 2019
      Anonymous interview candidate
      San Francisco, CA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at ByteDance (San Francisco, CA) in Jul 2019

      Interview

      I applied online, a recruiter from Bytedance contacted me a few days later to ask if I would like to interview. I had one video conference interview and received no further communication from the recruiter after that. The interviewer was clearly uninterested in conducting the interview from the start. He picked his nose throughout most of the interview and looked around the room a lot rather than looking at me. While I was answering his questions, he repeatedly interrupted to tell me that what I was explaining is not what he is looking for, and then he reframed the question to be more specific. He asked broad questions, but was actually looking for specific experience. He should have asked more specific questions to get the information he wanted. He appeared unprepared to conduct the interview. The interviewer was a director of engineering, which was an odd choice for a first phone interview for product management. Typically at most companies, engineering would become involved only during the final round of interviews, and the initial interviews would be conducted by product management. I left with a negative impression of how this company treats people. They should be putting their best foot forward with potential candidates. If this is how they treat candidates, they way they treat their employees is likely worse and Bytedance is not a place I would like to work.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Tell me about your career experience. What is the most challenging thing you have worked on?
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      ByteDance response
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      Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We truly apologize for your negative interview experience at ByteDance. Your feedback has been forward and received by HR department. If you have any further concerns, please feel free to contact us at global-oc@bytedance.com.