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
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at TikTok (San Jose, CA) in Apr 2022
Interview
At the beginning, they asked me about part of my resume, the language used and some details about the project, and then took a less recently used question, and finally asked me if I had any questions, and then ended 10 minutes early. I don't feel good and they don't seem to care about my background, the problem I solved. I don't think they want to listen to my understanding and answer questions. What I want to say is that if you don't want to recruit me, you can reject me directly, and you don't need to interview me like you want to meet certain minimum requirements.
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.