I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at TikTok (San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2025
Interview
Very hard process it was very confusing and they were not very clear about what is going on. Very interesting that they are still active. Not straightforward and would prep extremely a lot.
total 3 rounds, recruiter call, then
1. HM round, 2. Skip manager，3. Peer
second round get rescheduled and fast response.
most of them speak mandarin during interview
including BQ and case study.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you reduce false positives in our content moderation system?
They arranged 3 rounds of interviews with all team members, not the hiring manager. I felt like it was not the typical process because one of them said they were changing the direction of this role.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A really technical case and how to solve the pain point.
There are in total 4rounds including 2 rounds with senior peers and 1 round with +1 and round with HR, not that difficult. But I think the experience match is most important……..
PM applicants have rated the interview process at TikTok with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 37% positive. To compare, the company-average is 37.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for PM roles take an average of 37 days to get hired, when considering 127 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 PM according to 127 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 32%
Phone interview: 27%
Skills test: 16%
Personality test: 6%
Background check: 5%
Presentation: 5%
Group panel interview: 4%
Other: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Drug test: 1%
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