I interviewed at TikTok (Bellevue, WA) in Mar 2024
Interview
I had a initial screening interview to determine the suitability of my skills, education, and experience to ensure that I was a match for the competitive and high stakes culture of the world famous social media platform that has attracted intensive scrutiny by both state and federal government regulatory departments that are looking into the business practices of a company that is based in China but has offices in the United States.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is my significant experience to prove that I am capable and experienced software engineer?
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.