Candidates applying for Developer roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at TikTok overall takes an average of 32 days.
Common stages of the interview process at TikTok as a Developer according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 50%
Other: 50%
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5min introduce,30min algorithm, 15min other questions. Like how to manage the Cache how to make sure the consistency of cache how to use the distributed lock what is the problem of distributed lock
Online assessment via code signal, four easy-medium question on code signal. Not hard but time limited. Nead camera and sound input. Likely apply will be provided online assessment from tik tok.
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The lc question ask on first round interview is lc221 maximum square
I applied online. I interviewed at TikTok in Aug 2025
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CodeSignal OA: 4 questions in 70 minutes (2 easy, 2 medium). Topics: strings, lists, matrix. The questions are not too hard but I ran out of time trying to pass the test cases.