I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at TikTok (San Jose, CA) in Mar 2025
Interview
After friendly greetings and self-introduction, I introduced my experience and projects. Then the interviee asked some questions about my experience. Then there was a coding problem:Design a hash set. It seemed that the interviee only cares about if I figured the problem out. They don't care what you're thinking and how you get the solution.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at TikTok
Interview
self intro + resume dive plus one leetcode median algorithm question. the duration is one hour. just grind your leetcode and make sure you know all the different algos and comfortable with live coding
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What have you used to build ... feature for your project
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at TikTok in Nov 2025
Interview
Had two technical rounds and got rejected after the second technical. Both were structured with first 15 minutes of intro, 30-40 minutes of technical, Q and A. First round I had a question that was similar to Daily Temperatures with follow up questions. Second round I had the two interval scheduling questions.
was asked basic computer science theory question, and then went through resume and explained about project experience and past internship experience. After that, we proceed to have a short technical test on coding, interviewer doesn't seem to pay attention on what I was doing during the test