I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok (Mountain View, CA) in Aug 2022
Interview
Applied online. Had a phone screen with a sourcer. She was very informative and said I would do two 45 minute rounds next. She also said to be ready to demo my sourcing.
I ended up being only booked for one 45 minute round. The interviewer was horrible! Never introduced herself or asked my name. She went straight into robot mode asking questions with no emotional response. For my sourcing demo she asked for me to log into my LinkedIn Recruiter. This is currently paid for by my employer and is linked to their network. I told her I don’t feel comfortable logging into LR on my personal laptop and source for roles I’m not assigned to. She rolled her eyes and yelled at me to just source on LinkedIn. I then had 6 minutes to find 3 candidates. HA. I heard the TA team at Tik Tok was bad but I didn’t know this bad. No Thank you!
[Contract] Process was long. Two rounds in addition to the initial phone screen with the recruiter. Uses proprietary technology for scheduling which has some bug. RC just scheduled interviews without confirming availability.
First was a recruiter call. Online video interview with peers and hiring managers. Behavioral interviews mostly combined with some situational questions. The process took a long time. Moving slowly. The recruit coordinate often disappeared.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you prioritize tasks? Describe a situation that you need to dig out the cause?
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok (San Bernardino, CA) in Mar 2023
Interview
My first interview was a short 10 minute phone interview and the Sourcer called me 30 mins before the scheduled interview time. My second interview was with a very Junior recruiter who was late to the interview. Felt very chaotic, wasn't engaging and asked me to show them how I source on the spot. Had 30 seconds to review the JD and find 3 candidates using regular LinkedIn. Somehow made it to the next round. The last round was with a "Hiring Manager" who had 2 years total recruiting experience (I have 10). Cancelled the interview 10 minutes before it was scheduled. Rescheduled for another week out. Finally when it came time to the interview, the interviewer was late. Was not engaging, didn't seem interested in any of my answers and rushed through the interview.
Technical Sourcer applicants have rated the interview process at TikTok with 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 20% positive. To compare, the company-average is 37.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Technical Sourcer roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 10 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at TikTok overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at TikTok as a Technical Sourcer according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 35%
One on one interview: 24%
Skills test: 18%
Personality test: 12%
Other: 6%
Presentation: 6%
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