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TikTok Machine Learning Engineer interview questions
Updated 28 May 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mixed
How others got an interview
- 25%RecruiterRecruiter
- 15%Employee referralEmployee referral
- 4%Campus recruitingCampus recruiting
- 1%OtherOther
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TikTok interviews FAQs
- Machine Learning 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 35% positive. To compare, the company-average is 41.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
- Candidates applying for Machine Learning Engineer roles take an average of 40 days to get hired, when considering 26 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at TikTok overall takes an average of 27 days.
- Common stages of the interview process at TikTok as a Machine Learning Engineer according to 26 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 33%
One on one interview: 25%
Phone interview: 15%
Background check: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Personality test: 5%
Drug test: 3%
Presentation: 3%
Other: 3%
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