I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok (Mountain View, CA) in Apr 2020
Interview
Apply online, the recruiter reach out to you soon.
The company is heavily using golang, you will have benefits if you have this background.
3 back to back coding question,
1 manager behavior and project deep diving.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
3 back to back coding question, similar to leetcode medium level question.
1 manager behavior and project deep diving.
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.