I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at TikTok (San Jose, CA) in Nov 2023
Interview
An 3-hour long online assessment followed by a 45 min in-person interview. Failed at the second step but I have heard of the third step is the final one which is talking with your manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
LeetCode hard-level coding questions and some questions about the resume
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 Jun 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.
