I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok in Jan 2023
Interview
1. Recruiter screen 2. Phone screen - went over my resume and previous experience - one leetcode medium and one leetcode hard in 35 minutes 3. System design 4. behavioral I didnt pass within timeframe so I did not move onto step 3. Be sure
Other Software Engineer Interview Reviews for TikTok
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at TikTok
Interview
- recruiter asked me to speak in Chinese for latter half of screen
- 1st round was algo interview
- 2nd round was algo and system design
- didn't move forward after second round
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- 1st round was simple 1D dp problem
- 2nd round was graph problem (Djikstra's) and ML system design
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.