I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at TikTok (Los Angeles, CA) in Oct 2025
Interview
Ask me about some questions in resume and more about my optimization in LLM model training like deepspeed, quantization, lora, 3 stages in zero. fp16. Then leetcode hard basic calculator. cannot solve
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
can you explain the difference between bf16 and fp16 ?
I applied online. I interviewed at TikTok (Sydney)
Interview
introduce previous project you did based on your resume, and discuss the tech you used in the project.
coding pair programming which depends on the time and solving time
ask frontend questions mainly focuse on the Job description
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Question 1
your project uses nextjs, could you tell me the advantages of using nextjs
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok in Feb 2024
Interview
The assessment had 5 questions. 3 coding and 2 MCQ. Coding questions were relatively hard with 15 test cases each. MCQ was multiple correct and mostly around algorithm and logic. It was a complete technical round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Find out the code that best explains the algorithm named.