Struggling and Stumbling — My 2025 Autumn Recruitment Journey

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The golden September and silver October days are over, now it’s golden August and silver September!

My autumn recruitment started in early August, and I’ve already had about 50+ interviews of various sizes. At this halfway point of the autumn recruitment, I’ll briefly recap my personal experience, reflect on some issues, and share with everyone.

Application Status:

ByteDance, Tencent, Meituan, Kuaishou, Yingshi, Pinduoduo, some private equity funds, Pony, Zuoyebang, WeRide, etc., as well as some startups, small companies, and state‑owned enterprises.

Interview Progress:

Kuaishou 3/3 pending update
Meituan 2/3 rejected
Meituan 2/3 pending update
ByteDance 2/3 rejected
ByteDance 1/3 rejected
Pinduoduo 1/n pending update
Tencent 1/n pending update
Pony 3/3 awaiting autumn recruitment update
Jingwei Hengrun 2/n pending update
KD Investment 2/3
Zuoyebang 3/3 oc
Yingshi 3/3 oc
……
……

Positions Applied For:

Backend Development
Server‑side Development
Algorithms (very few)
AI Application Engineering
……

Interview Experience:

These are only my personal subjective evaluations of well‑known companies; if you disagree, you’re right.

  • Pinduoduo: Exceeded expectations, the interviewer was
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xjtu.app in 2024
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Why is it getting earlier and earlier, as if I bought “talent” futures. :pleading_face:

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Xianmu Salary

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I also want to be a cpper :heart_eyes:

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ByteDance interview experience was very poor… and those HRs call me every day to harass me

I feel the interview is still mainly based on the resume, and the boilerplate questions are mostly about C++ low‑level, database low‑level, and some network programming topics.

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Didn’t they say the internet would rebound this year?

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Is the internet possibly 965? :sob:

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C9 can go to BYD

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Some companies or groups might be able to, I heard that Zoom wasn’t too busy before, and I’ve heard of some similar companies but can’t quite recall.

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Whether BYD will still be around in three years is uncertain.

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Zoom is reportedly not working anymore.

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I have a 965 offer, but it’s not in the internet industry, and the salary is on par with the internet sector.

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You can become prosperous, trading firms, which are said to have long working hours, can also do 965. I think internet companies might only work a few hours a day.

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Why?

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Apply to USC MSCS

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Why not Stanford?

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My autumn recruitment is over.
A new salary beyond my expectations, another breakthrough.

I love a certain company.

Future interviews will be completely left to fate.

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Alright, alright, alright, then the Tencent interview blew up…

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USC may not be that easy to apply to anymore, before 2020 I heard from friends that a 3.4 at Shanghai Jiao Tong could get in steadily, but later in 2021 and

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In theory, a project with a scale of over 1k shouldn’t be an issue; previously it was said that even double‑non‑985/211 candidates with a GPA of 3.6 + could be admitted.