I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok (Singapore) in Mar 2022
Interview
Contacted by PRC HR by email.
1st interview with PRC. Was asked some generic management strategies and skills. Converstion in mandarin.
Next day received invite to 2nd interview with another PRC. That was more tech session with simple questions which I answered swiftly. Converstion in mandarin too.
Following week received invite to 3rd interview which i actully wanted to decline because my gut sense told me this is just a SOP interview that tiktok isn't sincere on hiring local talent. Well, they are pretty good actors trying to act cool and chill during interview.
3rd interview with another PRC conversed in mandarin too. Again few generic questions about expereinces and mgmt skills.
Then the HR and whole tiktok just missing in the air. Completely different attitude when they try to lure candidate to full up the local quota.
Advise to local talented from singapore. Entertain tiktok if you have spare time (do not apply leve to just attend interview, do not even need to prepare anything) and do not put high expectations in getting hired.
I strongly believed that they have already got the PRC candidate to fill the position and spend their luxury time in mass interviewing local candidtes and fail them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you manage team KPI.
How do you appraise team members.
Simple architect design questions.
I applied online. I interviewed at TikTok (San Jose, CA)
Interview
the whole interview process is unexpected, because they seemed arbitaray questions and the interviewer didn't prepare for that, and there was no coding, just orally descript the algorithms. so the process was a bit unusual
I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at TikTok (Singapore)
Interview
Interview session was conducted during public holiday.
Basically was told to speak in mandarin during the interview because interviewer mentioned that I have to work with colleagues with mandarin speaking only.
Totally different from the JD.
It was a basic question interview and some technical questions were asked. overall pretty ok. Recruiter call and scheduled appointment for an hour. You have to sign some contracts before interview