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TikTok Data Engineer interview questions
Updated May 31, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 32%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 25%RecruiterRecruiter
Interview search
51 interviews
TikTok interviews FAQs
- Data Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at TikTok with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 61% positive. To compare, the company-average is 37.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
- Candidates applying for Data Engineer roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 38 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at TikTok overall takes an average of 30 days.
- Common stages of the interview process at TikTok as a Data Engineer according to 38 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 36%
Skills test: 28%
Phone interview: 21%
Group panel interview: 4%
Background check: 4%
Personality test: 4%
Drug test: 2%
Other: 2%
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