I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok (Palo Alto, CA) in Feb 2024
Interview
Had me interview in Beijing hours for first round. Didn't feel collaborative, just had me attempt the problem and no confirmation on whether I was approaching problem in the way that interviewer wanted me to.
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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.