I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at TikTok (San Jose, CA) in Sep 2024
Interview
Three-round interviews; the final round includes system design. I was referred, so I did not take the online assessment. The final round is Hiring a manager. Then wait for 1 week, then HR round, then 2 weeks i got the offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
3 ROUND INTERVIEW, FINAL ROUND INCLUDES SYSTEM DESIGN
Started with a recruiter screen with simple checks. Then went through 3 rounds of interviews. First 2 rounds were live coding with deep dive on previous projects. 2nd round went really deep of every previous work I did from MLE perspective with being questioned of every possible decision choice. Last was interview with team manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Recommendation system questions. Coding problems were I remember leetcode medium level.
three rounds, each has coding + ml basic + resume related questions
understand all the details in resume is important, since might go very deep down the project you have worked on
The first round was mainly a CV walkthrough.
The second round focused in depth on one specific project.
Both rounds also included LeetCode medium-level problems.
The third round was with the hiring manager with both project and problems for their business.