Interviewer was friendly. Talk about some system concepts to check my understanding.
Went on to a 15-20 coding round. Not much hint was given except the fact that its a dynamic programming question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to increase throughput for event driven system when traffic is high
I applied online. I interviewed at TikTok (San Jose, CA) in Sep 2025
Interview
A brief self-introduction first, and then detailed questions about my projects on my resume, followed by a LeetCode hard question. Then, some behavioral questions about how to handle the request from other teams.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Detailed questions about my projects on my resume, and then a LeetCode hard question
applied through school referral system, got an oa after a couple weeks, we could choose a timeframe to take the assessment and if you missed it you could take it the following week