I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at TikTok (San Francisco, CA) in Sep 2023
Interview
Got OA. Very hard. It was dynamic programming and was also proctored. They make you turn on camera. I didn't get an interview. Just the OA sinc.e I didn't do well on it
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.
I applied online. I interviewed at TikTok (Singapore) in Jun 2026
Interview
1 round of tech interview where i was asked basic tech questions and given a leetcode question to solve. total was around 1 hour. interviewer did not seem happy with my answer and time complexity.
