I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at TikTok (San Jose, CA) in Nov 2020
Interview
-Recruiter reached out and sent me a coding challenge.
-They asked a graph and a math problem, for the coding challenge both were pretty challenging.
-The questions were absurd, way harder than Google and Amazon OAs
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you have an enemy and every hit you give it reduces points in different ways. Find all the possible ways to kill the enemy.
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.
