Research Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at TikTok with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 37.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Research Engineer roles take an average of 24 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at TikTok overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at TikTok as a Research Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 36%
Phone interview: 27%
Skills test: 27%
Presentation: 9%
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Standard process: introduction + technical screening + 4x 1 hour interview + follow-up with hiring manager Technical screening was a mix of domain knowledge + leetcode interview, also in the area. 4 hours interview were on 4 different subjects relevant to my team. Rather Average difficulty. On two interviews, I had leetcode problems to solve
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Knapsack problem, but in the context of the domain
I am a PhD and they asked a bachelor guy to interview me, stupid questions like asking me to solve his own project problems. Overall not a good interview if you are looking for a deep research oriented group
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok (Singapore) in Aug 2023
Interview
Three rounds of technical interviews, including introducing your research, publications, and the online code test (leetcode). Each round of interveiws takes about 1 hour, and the results generally releases within three work days after the interviews.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
What's your research experience in computer vision?