I applied online. I interviewed at TikTok (San Jose, CA) in Dec 2020
Interview
Started with an OA, then potentially 3" phone interviews", I believe they were done over codesignal, (dependent on passing each one) with engineers. I only got to the first phone interview. It was around 10pm for me, as the interviewer was located in China. Additionally, the interviewer didn't speak perfect English, so it was a little hard to communicate at times.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A linked-list related question. Also, a binary search related question.
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.
I applied online. I interviewed at TikTok (Singapore) in Jun 2026
Interview
1 round of tech interview where i was asked basic tech questions and given a leetcode question to solve. total was around 1 hour. interviewer did not seem happy with my answer and time complexity.
