I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at TikTok (San Jose, CA) in May 2024
Interview
First HR reachout, and schedule time for interview, You should pass one interview and then schedule the next round interview. for the interview, each round has 1 hour which is quite different from other companies.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
first round is two medium coding. second round is hard coding. third round is system design
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.