I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at TikTok (San Francisco, CA) in Sep 2022
Interview
interviewers is super nice, but she asked for 2 medium leetcode questions in intern position, which is beyond my algorithm skill. She seems like having lots of experiences about js and ask my resume' project in deep.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Introduce your self and then it is technical questions
OA-VO1-VO2
OA: including 4 ez-medium leetcode problems
VO1: discussed personal experience first, then a ez-medium leetcode problem with special background, best solution is prefix sum
VO2: disscussed personal experience first, then a medium leetcode problem, best solution is backtracking
1.reach out with hr email but no coding part.
2.1st interview from beijing site, dive deep to my specific project, two medium leetcode problems
3.2 st interview form beijing site
The interview process is organized into three progressively challenging rounds: the first session focuses on problem-solving with a balanced mix of medium-difficulty and hard LeetCode questions, the second round escalates to exclusively hard-level LeetCode problems that probe algorithmic depth, while the third and final stage is a comprehensive behavioral interview assessing teamwork, communication style, and cultural fit.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
greedy+binary search, mid question, and an array hard question
