I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at TikTok (Los Angeles, CA) in Feb 2022
Interview
Depends on your interviewer, can be good or bad. First interview was very insightful, kind, and helpful. Second interviewer was awkward, and quiet during interview and seemed rush to get to his next meeting. Note: most interviewers seem to have a chinese accent which may deter understanding.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1) Variant of knapsack problem
2) Variant of a breadth first search graph algorithm
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.
