ByteDance interview notes, page 20 of 29

“Pretty surface-level opener.” The rest of the author's notes on Backend Engineer interview at ByteDance, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The base LCA problem I had down cold.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at ByteDance, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This felt manageable at first and then I realized how much ground it actually covers.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at ByteDance, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Wasn't expecting the whole round to just be this.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at ByteDance, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This sounds easy until you're actually in it.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at ByteDance, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The base problem I knew, but the variation tripped me up a bit.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at ByteDance, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The base reversal is fine but the grouping logic is where things get messy.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at ByteDance, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I started with entities: events, venues, seats, users, bookings.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at ByteDance, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I went with expand-around-center which is O(n^2) and got it working, but they pushed on whether I knew Manacher's algorithm.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at ByteDance, Onsite - Coding / Algorithms round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I knew the sliding window approach going in, but fumbled the implementation of the match counter.” The rest of the author's notes on Frontend Engineer interview at ByteDance, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.