I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok (Mountain View, CA) in Dec 2021
Interview
I apply for a new grad role in November 2021. And got an Online assessment of four questions, two easy two medium. After two weeks, phone interview: medium follow-up time + space complexity. After a few days, virtual onsite first round: medium and one follow-up time and space complexity. Last, the manager interviewed with some general behavior questions. The whole process took around 2 months.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Most of the technical questions are from the coding practice website, such as leetcode.
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.