I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok in May 2025
Interview
3 tech rounds, Asked the hr about what type interview every time and never get reply. Thought the 3rd one is more about the resume and experience but no. Failed on the 3rd round bc I didn't prepare well and only solved a never seen coding question not two within the time, and it's even not on leetcode. interviewer is late and impolite, hr is ignoring. that's all.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why are you choosing TikTok while its politically unstable? -- from a interviewer based in China
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at TikTok
Interview
- recruiter asked me to speak in Chinese for latter half of screen
- 1st round was algo interview
- 2nd round was algo and system design
- didn't move forward after second round
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- 1st round was simple 1D dp problem
- 2nd round was graph problem (Djikstra's) and ML system design
2 rounds coding a lot of background questions very strange behavior from interviewer camera was off and asked questions in mandarin, leetcode medium-hard and very very slow communication from recruiters based in asia for an english role
OA - 1 arrays Medium, 1 Trie Hard. I had 45 minutes to complete that. I was able to do the medium in about 15-20 minutes but I am not that great with trie ds so I was not able to finish.