I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok (San Francisco, CA) in Jan 2024
Interview
Received an online assessment with 3 Leetcode medium questions and one hard. I was given a window of two weeks to complete the assessment, The hard question was related to number 23 merge k sorted lists.
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 June 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.