one HR round followed by 3 technical rounds. pre-empted by HR that some rounds might be conducted in mandarin. Some interviewers was late and rude, did not pay attention during the coding sections, only checked the output at the end. Not a good experience
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what is the difference between a process and a thread
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.
I applied online. I interviewed at TikTok (Singapore) in Jun 2026
Interview
1 round of tech interview where i was asked basic tech questions and given a leetcode question to solve. total was around 1 hour. interviewer did not seem happy with my answer and time complexity.
