I applied online. I interviewed at TikTok (San Francisco, CA) in Nov 2022
Interview
Interviewer is from China. HR response time is pretty long. First interview cancelled due bad connection. Second interview is pretty standard Chinese interview instead of the silicon valley style coding focused interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked quite a few questions about testing frameworks and system basics. There was a leetcode hard problem
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at TikTok in Aug 2022
Interview
had an hour-long interview, and the interviewer seemed like they didn't want to be there. Did not have an OA prior. Did give a brief expectations guideline though, what can you expect from the interview questions and topics? HR took a while to respond to emails.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Polymorphism, Overloading vs overriding, explain 3 sorting algorithms, explain 3 data structures, explain 3 algorithms, TCP 3 way handle what is it, tell me HTTP status codes and when to use them. medium interview question about heap manipulation and moving objects.
I applied online. I interviewed at TikTok in Feb 2022
Interview
Nice and smart interviewer, I talked about the recent industrial experiences, most challenging project, dive deep into the resume etc. Then move to 2 easy leetcode questions and some multi-thread basics. no any system design questions