I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok in Feb 2024
Interview
It started with a recruiter call where they explained the position and set up the coding screens.
Very unstructured and it doesn't seem like they have a clue how their interview process feels from a candidate's point of view. There was no explanation from the recruiter about the structure of the coding screens. Going into it I had no clue if I needed to get compiling and I didn't even know the interviewer's name.
The coding screen was one large problem with multiple LC subproblems where you have to get it to compile and write you own test cases.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Directed graph traversal & top K elements max heap
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.