Candidates applying for Software Engineer I 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 Software Engineer I according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Other: 50%
Skills test: 50%
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Interviewer was friendly. Talk about some system concepts to check my understanding.
Went on to a 15-20 coding round. Not much hint was given except the fact that its a dynamic programming question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to increase throughput for event driven system when traffic is high
I applied online. I interviewed at TikTok (San Jose, CA) in Sep 2025
Interview
A brief self-introduction first, and then detailed questions about my projects on my resume, followed by a LeetCode hard question. Then, some behavioral questions about how to handle the request from other teams.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Detailed questions about my projects on my resume, and then a LeetCode hard question
applied through school referral system, got an oa after a couple weeks, we could choose a timeframe to take the assessment and if you missed it you could take it the following week