ByteDance Site Reliability Engineer interview questions
based on 10 ratings - Updated May 11, 2026
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Candidates applying for Site Reliability Engineer roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at ByteDance overall takes an average of 26 days.
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A total of three rounds, excluding the last round with HR. First round is coding, second and third rounds were about linux knowledge and fleet management. Coding round was more like log parsing and processing rather than Leetcode-like questions.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at ByteDance (Singapore)
Interview
Went through 3 technical rounds + 1 HR round. Question difficulty increased as the rounds progressed. 3 technical rounds spanned across 1 month, but had to wait a month for HR round. HR was responsive until the HR interview was finished, after which the HR started to ghost for weeks, and eventually stopped replying.
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at ByteDance (Singapore) in Sep 2025
Interview
Three rounds tech interviews, One round HR interview. The tech interviews covered algorithm (leetcode medium level), network, OS questions. HR interview got some open behavior questions. The whole process took 3-4 weeks.