I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at TikTok (London, England) in Mar 2021
Interview
Such a horrible company. not sure if they even have any ethics. In the pretext of arranging an interview, the company HR setup an interview call. Rather than asking any interview questions, the HR was asking the hierarchy and organisation structure of my current company, and the contact details of people in key positions and their linkedin ids.
When I told them that I may not be able to reveal any confidential details, the HR was a bit upset and ended the call. there was no response from him later. I am not sure why such a company which has a huge world wide presence would resort to such cheap tactics and poach from its competitors by arranging dummy interviews with their employees and understand the organisation structure and key resources from the org for poaching. Cannot dream of even interacting or working with this company in the future.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. What is your organisation structure?
2. What is the contact details of them?
3. Who is the head of marketing in EU, how it is structured?
4. What is the designation of XXX person?
5. What does your organisation do and why are they strucutred in this way?
6. What resources from your org can be useful if tiktok launches a marketplace retail store?
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at TikTok (Singapore)
Interview
Process: Total of 5 rounds: 1) Potential peer, 2) Reporting Manager, 3) Team Lead, 4) HR, and 5) HR VP. I progressed to the 4th stage. Interview was conducted in English.
Experience: Rounds 1–3 were standard and focused on role-specific responsibilities and relevant experience. Round 4 with HR was straightforward, covering salary expectations, notice period, and a check on Chinese language proficiency for regional stakeholder management.
Outcome: While I was informed a final interview with the HR VP would follow, it was never scheduled.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at TikTok
Interview
There were 6 rounds of interviews. The process itself was fine, nothing too out of the ordinary for a larger company, but they did not get back to me after the final round. No email at all. I felt like I wasted so much of my time to not get a single comment after six rounds of interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There was a mock pitch type interview where they give you a prompt in advance and you have to make slides and present it to the interviewer. I was given a new product and was asked to sell it to existing clients who are using a different product at the moment.
5 rounds! You will meet hiring manager, team leads, XFNs, etc.
Be prepared, the culture is not the best. You should ask your interviewers difficult questions and guage for yourself if you can withstand the demanding, back-breaking sweatshop culture. Most of us feel we can cause we just want the job, but after entering, realise it's on a scale we could not have anticipated. So ask the hard questions!