I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at TikTok (San Jose, CA) in Mar 2023
Interview
I recently had an interview at Tiktok, and I have to say it was one of the worst interview experiences I've ever had. The interviewer was extremely rude and seemed disinterested in the interview process. It was clear that he wasn't focused on the interview, as he was doing something else at the same time. The interviewer also informed me that everyone at Tiktok is expected to work 996, which is a grueling work schedule. This is not the kind of company culture that I'm interested in, and it was disappointing to hear that this is the norm at Tiktok. Overall, I found the experience to be really awful. The interviewer didn't seem to want to talk much, and I felt like I was wasting my time. I would not recommend interviewing with Tiktok based on my experience.
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.