I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at TikTok (San Jose, CA) in Jun 2021
Interview
Had phone calls with recruiter first . Then I had 3 rounds interviews separately, came one by one. Only when you pass one, you can schedule another one. The first one is coding, 2 questions. The second one is system design. The third is mix.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Random from coding, system design, OOD, background projects
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 (Singapura) 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.