I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok (Seattle, WA)
Interview
5 rounds of Interviews. HR + Hiring Manager + Cross-Functional Team Leader + Team Lead in the same Category + Head of the Team. Mostly behavioral questions and industry insights.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. To better understand your E-Commerce background: can you share any commercial ownership experience you have, being accountable for sales, GMV growth in E-commerce, on the brand, retail, platform side? Can you provide context on scope of role, brand/portfolio/categories led, team-size and structure?
2. When it comes to driving GMV, can you share if you’ve been responsible for market brand retail or e-commerce growth? If so, what was your approach for segmentation, prioritization and building the category expertise?
Pretty much typical behavior interview, asked hardest challenges you’ve solved as a manager or leader position. Should also prepare of why tiktok answer and also long term plan for your company career
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why tiktok and how would you contribute to tiktok culture
I applied and got a phone interview within 4 days. Still waiting on results from Interview for position. Phone interview last 15-30 minutes. Asked questions related to the job, experience in client relations and growth.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself and explain your experience working with clients
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at TikTok
Interview
Interview process was interesting as the team followed up to speak with me, indicated I would be speaking with the hiring manager during my screening interview and then ghosted shortly thereafter.
TikTok interviews FAQs
Category Manager applicants have rated the interview process at TikTok with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 52% positive. To compare, the company-average is 37.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Category Manager roles take an average of 38 days to get hired, when considering 27 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 Category Manager according to 27 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 35%
One on one interview: 29%
Skills test: 16%
Personality test: 6%
Background check: 6%
Other: 3%
Presentation: 3%
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