TikTok Software Engineer interview questions

Asking question about distributed systems like CAP theorem, NoSQL database and then a live coding about LinkedList. Just one person asking question and last about 1 hour. The interview question is average diffculty.

The OA felt standard, but the onsite was tougher than expected. I tripped up during the live coding round—even though I had done plenty of LeetCode, solving under pressure was different. Looking back, I wish I had done more mock interviews or reviewed real interview flows ahead of time. Platforms like Hack2Hire can help simulate that pressure and show you what kinds of questions actually come up, especially for companies like TikTok.