Candidates applying for Software Engineer 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 according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Other: 50%
Skills test: 50%
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I received a Hackerrank coding assessment (4 questions, 120 min.). The questions were fine (medium - hard questions). But I decided not to finish the assessment for two reasons.
1. It made you turn your webcam on for surveillance.
2. It didn’t allow you to use the Java API for reference (so it pretty much wanted you to know everything from the top of your head).
It’s pretty obnoxious for any coding assignment for those to be the conditions.
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Question 1
Four Hackerrank Medium - Hard questions. 120 mins for all four questions.
I applied online. I interviewed at TikTok (San Francisco, CA) in Dec 2020
Interview
This was a new grad process. I received an online assessment which I had to complete within 48hours. I received an email to schedule an interview 10 days after that.
3 rounds were supposed to be scheduled.
For 1st round, I was asked 2 leetcode medium ques which I solved and I received an email to schedule for 2nd interview. In the 2nd interview, I was asked one coding question and then a follow-up to that question which I again solved.
The worst part was after the interview the recruiter probably blocked me and I was trying to reach out to the recruiter for follow-up and my mail was not getting delivered and after few hours I received a generic email of rejection without any explanation.
This is by far my worst interview experience.
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Applied for graduate position online. Received Hackerrank coding test to be finished in 5 working days, the questions were quite difficult (similar as leetcode medium/hard). No reply after submitting the coding test