I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok in Nov 2021
Interview
Recruiter reached out to me and I had the recruiter call and then the first technical interview next. I didn't pass this interview, but the next steps were the final interviews 4 rounds
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me a react frontend questions about setTimeout
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.
