SWE applicants have rated the interview process at TikTok with 3.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 20% positive. To compare, the company-average is 37.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for SWE roles take an average of 1 day to get hired, when considering 5 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 SWE according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
Other: 17%
One on one interview: 17%
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OA or general coding assessment, worked on codesignal. there were 5 questions under 2 hour.
They are hard leetcode questions level. I only solved two, don't even have time for the last one.
3 rounds LC, 1 round HR. FAANG style, finished in 4 days. pass one, go to next round. talked with director about the org and the product. use C++ mostly, working on database.
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typical LC problems, easy-medium. talked with director of the org and he likes me very much.
Normal Coding Test.
Take single problem, worked together to solve it.
We have conversation at the end of the interview regarding topics related to work, task
The interview is focused on technical aspect at most.
They consider my schedule very well for decide interview scheduling.