I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at TikTok (Vancouver, BC) in Jul 2024
Interview
HR screening->three technical rounds->TAP call->then maybe an offer call.
Medium Classic Coding question, combined with resume deep dive and domain knowledge and system design. Overall not that hard but the process can be really long.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me what is the most challenging part of your project.
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.