I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at TikTok (San Francisco, CA) in Aug 2024
Interview
Custom HackerRank questions that were pretty difficult. They use your one attempt for every application that you apply for. Definitely harder than some other coding interviews I have taken. Also takes about 2-3 months to hear something back.
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.