I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok (San Jose, CA) in Oct 2023
Interview
Terrible experience. Unprofesional interviewers who could barely speak English, at best incoherently mumble. Extremely hard questions, no help, tips or tricks, and boolean interview outcome you either solve it or you don't
I was given an OA Interview, questions were not hard. They sent me a link for a website like HackerRank. One of my answers did not pass(TLE) and i was rejected. The only problem with the process is that they don't notify or send emails to reject you.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok (San Jose, CA) in Sept 2025
Interview
For round 1, the interviewer started with a brief introduction about my recent internship, followed by a medium-level coding question.
For round 2, the interviewer jumped straight into coding and asked me to solve a palindrome problem and a Dijkstra’s algorithm problem.
I applied online. I interviewed at TikTok (San Jose, CA) in Aug 2025
Interview
Online assessment for 70 min. 4 Questions in total. The first two quesitons are easy, should be done with 10 minutes / question. Last two questions are LC Medium level.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There are four questions. First two is very simple. Sliding window question and Hashmap. Third one is a question with long description. With batteries, and there're a list of time for batteries to charge. Review hashmap for that.