I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at TikTok in Aug 2023
Interview
Friendly and efficient. I shared my previous experience. The interviewer asked very detailed questions about the project that I have done. Then followed with a programming question. I did not remember the question but the difficulty is about medium level Leetcode.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at TikTok in Dec 2023
Interview
Summary of the overall poor experience I had:
1. The interviewer hadn't bothered to book a meeting room for the interview
2. The interviewer tried to take the call from a loud communal area (think the kitchen)
3. When I mentioned the level of noise the interviewer told me to "deal with it"
4. I had to push back and tell the interviewer to move to somewhere quiet
5. The interviewer consistently interrupted my answers every couple of sentences of my response - throwing me off
6. I had to keep the interviewer on track during the interview - clarifying if I should move onto subsequent parts of the questions to keep us on time
7. Overall I got the sense that the interviewer hadn't been adequately prepped
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe my experience through a project
Recommendation Cold Start problem
Easy LeetCode Question - median from two sorted arrays
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok in Oct 2023
Interview
In total, I have 2 tech interviews and 1 interview with the HM. Tech interviews are mostly about leetcode questions with follow-ups and CV deep dive as well as research exploration.