I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at TikTok
Interview
Passed the online assessment with high score, but no interview follow up. After waiting for 3 months without any notification, I found out my application was ended. Very disappointed with the process tbh.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Most of the online assessment questions are just medium level difficulty questions from the hackerrank. However, one of my online assessment question was equivalent to Google's L3 OA question, which is a bit harder for an entry level SWE.
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.