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
J'ai postulé via la recommandation d'un employé. Le processus a pris 3 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez TikTok (San Jose, CA) en sept. 2025
Entretien
OA -> first technical -> second technical. First technical was leetcode, project discusison, and some conceptual technical questions. Second technical was conceptual technical and system design. Didn't pass the second but there's probably HM round after
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Implement rate limiter, describe threads vs processes, virtual memory
J'ai passé un entretien chez TikTok (San Francisco, CA)
Entretien
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.
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez TikTok (Singapour) en juin 2026
Entretien
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.
