I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at TikTok (New York, NY) in Oct 2024
Interview
Interview at your own risk! The majority of their Glassdoor reviews are overwhelmingly negative, but for some reason I still proceeded. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice...
Entire process took just over 2 months. I submitted an online application and was contacted by a recruiter within a week or so. Process consisted of 6 rounds in total. Overall a very long, stressful process. Had several interviews rescheduled (including one hours before on the day of) and while things did move relatively quickly in the beginning I felt them begin to slow down toward the final round, after which the recruiter went silent for weeks.
I did get one vague check-in email (which I suspect was intended to keep me warm in case their top choice candidate fell through) before ultimately being rejected.
No one I met throughout the process seemed warm or friendly. In fact, one interviewer seemed straight up miserable and then during the group interview I overheard two of them complaining about not being able to take time off.
Overall was not a positive experience, primarily because I didn't feel my time was respected nor did I feel like a valued candidate. Guess that's a good glimpse into how I likely would've been treated as an employee.
Will be interesting to see what ultimately happens given the impending ban. Good luck to them.
I applied through other source. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at TikTok in June 2025
Interview
Colloquio per la posizione di Senior Account Manager. Il primo contatto avviene con HR in cui ti chiedono un esercizio pratico (personalmente, dovendo lavorare nel team di TikTok Shop mi hanno chiesto di sviluppare un video di promozione di un prodotto adatto alla piattaforma, in 3 giorni lavorativi). Il secondo contatto avviene sempre con HR (non italiano) in cui viene svolta una chiamata (non video-call ma semplice chiamata su Whatsapp) in cui si parla dell'esperienza, delle aspettative, della cultura aziendale e vengono svolto alcune domande comportamentali.
Terzo colloquio è con il line manager.
Processo fluido anche se molto freddo, consiglio di non fare colloqui via Whatsapp (risulta poco ingaggiante) ma tramite video chiamata.
Vengono condividi tutti i valori di TikTok, sottolineando la totale assenza di smartworking...
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Parlami della tua esperienza lavorativa?
Cosa faresti per ingaggiare un nuovo cliente nella piattaforma?
Va bene lavorare 5 su 5 in ufficio?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at TikTok (London, England) in Aug 2023
Interview
very long process, 6-7 stages, but all look the same. There is little internal communication or alignment. People can be refused just because someone doesn't like you in the process
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you share a difficult situation and how you have come out successfully from it?