I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok (San Jose, CA) in Jan 2024
Interview
The interview was a thorough and engaging process, involving detailed technical questions, problem-solving scenarios, and discussions about past experiences. The interviewer was professional, asking insightful questions that really tested my knowledge and skills. Overall, it felt like a fair and challenging evaluation of my abilities.
so hard I have no clue what's going on and ended up failing the interview. Highly recommend reviewing your algorithm skills before sitting in the interview. To better prepare, get yourself into some online tests before doing the techinical ones.
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.