Frontend Software Engineer (Graduate) applicants have rated the interview process at TikTok with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 35.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Frontend Software Engineer (Graduate) roles take an average of 180 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at TikTok overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at TikTok as a Frontend Software Engineer (Graduate) according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
Personality test: 50%
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Reached out by recruiter on Linkedin for a 1st round technical interview with two programming questions and some basic questions about React, Js, HTML and CSS. The first programming question was a leetcode medium and the other was a question about dates.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How does a browser work when a URL is typed into it
I applied online. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at TikTok (Sydney) in June 2025
Interview
HR then tech, I applied like half an year ago and got the call from recruiter sometime later. Booked a time for the first meeting and not get the offer.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at TikTok (Boston, MA) in Oct 2023
Interview
Kind of opaque throughout the interview process - didn't know how many rounds, just whether I would have another round or not. Technical questions were rather difficult but not insane.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leetcode style questions, frontend questions about React.