I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at TikTok
Interview
I applied for a policy manager position, went through three interviews, did not get the job but they moved me to another position, still a policy one. Again, went through three different interviews - did not get the job once again and I was moved for the third time to another position in another team, which I was really hopeful about. I had to wait for three weeks and got an automated email rejection... After spending hours and hours on a total of ten different interviews for three positions. Not very professional from TikTok, but after I complained the recruiter organized a video call so that we could talk about it and he apologized for the email.
Except for that "mistake" at the end of the process the rest was pretty smooth even though I had to repeat the same things over and over again for all those interviews since they were for different positions. TikTok is a very young company, sometimes they are not really sure of the kind of candidate they are looking for and change their minds quite often.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about something you don't like about the app. Why don't you like it and how would you go about changing it?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at TikTok (Singapore) in Sep 2025
Interview
headhunted by recuriter > set up recruiter screen > submit CV > interview with hiring manager > 3-4 rounds of interviews
you can't interview for multiple roles at a time unfortunately
relatively fast responses if they are interested in you
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
talk through introductions, experience, interest in the role
what do you think of balancing revenue and user policy?
working collaboratively & cross-functionally
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok
Interview
The process involved several rounds of interviews. I spoke with several team members and cross functional partners and multiple levels of leadership personnel. All interviews were around 30 minutes and conducted remotely.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok (London, England) in Jun 2024
Interview
Horribly disorganised. 4 separate interviews with 4 separate people who asked me large the same questions, each for about 45mins. Could have saved everyone time if a virtual panel (via video interview) had interviewed me all in one go to save everyone's time and prevent questions being duplicated multiple times. Extremely bizarre culture and almost every person interviewing me went to great pains to say how chaotic and fast-paced the company is with no established processes as everyone is learning on the job. They also went to great lengths to make it very clear that work life balance would be non-existent and that attendance at the office on 5 days per week would be expected, in addition to some weekends and after hours.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want this job? Why do you want to work for this company?