2 Technical rounds of leet code with mostly array based problems. Received invitation for a camera recorded coding round. Most positions require a phone screening with HR. After that, you may attend three to five interviews with potential teammates, cross-functional colleagues and the hiring manager. Each interview usually lasts 30 minutes to an hour, and the hiring manager generally conducts it over a video call.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Two pointer array problem involving 2 entities starting from opposite ends and moving towards the middle at different rates sum their amounts. Cannot cross.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at TikTok
Interview
- recruiter asked me to speak in Chinese for latter half of screen
- 1st round was algo interview
- 2nd round was algo and system design
- didn't move forward after second round
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- 1st round was simple 1D dp problem
- 2nd round was graph problem (Djikstra's) and ML system design
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.