1. Recruiter call
2. Technical Interview- solve algorithms with prompts along the way to discuss different approaches to data structures etc. that could be used. Problems due to communication barrier.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Solve a medium level algorithm problem with questions by the interviewer about how it could be done differently along the way. Main problem I had was I could not understand the interviewer due their heavy accent. This resulted in me asking for them to repeat their questions alot, burned through time and made things tense. Ultimately I solved the problem, but the interviewer was frustrated that I did not do it the way they prompted. I couldn't understand them unfortunately. I guess it seemed like I wasn't good at cooperating. Maybe I should have stopped the interviewer, but this was a key team member for the role.
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.