I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at TikTok (Seattle, WA)
Interview
Recruiter reached out on linkedin
had a 30 min conversation about the position, my background and the interview process
had 1st round with the manager - leetcode, os and networking
had 2nd round with sde from the team - leetcode
leetcode hard questions in both the rounds
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.