I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at TikTok (Zhuhai, Guangdong)
Interview
Went through the first and second round, with the second round interviewer busying with other work and decline inmmeditely after the interview, gussing not intented to hire at the first place.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at TikTok in Jan 2024
Interview
1st round - Asked 2 algorithm questions(medium + follow up hard) and talked about past project experience.
2nd round - Asked System Design. Interviewer asked some reasons, details and trade offs.
A bit hard.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
System Design - Twitter: draw data flow, core components, api design
Got referred by HR, so no online test screening process. Then, it was followed by 4 rounds technical/Behavior interviews, and each was an hour long. The last round was with the hiring manager. The HR people were quite responsive through out the process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mostly Leetcode Medium questions, and some discussions of past projects,