I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at TikTok
Interview
This was by far the worst interview experience I have ever had. Had a phone screen with a talent partner who was late, condescending, implied I was desperate for any job after I explained I was laid off due to COVID-19, unable to describe the basics of the team, and clearly did not review my background. She also encouraged me to review open marketing roles even though I have 6+ years of Account Management experience.
I was completely ghosted after the phone screen.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at TikTok (Los Angeles, CA) in Apr 2020
Interview
I was informed one day before the interview was scheduled for a specific time in the evening, due to interviewer being in Taiwan. I wrote back but did not receive a reply. I prepared and dialed into the meeting. The interviewer was 5 minutes late and bored, unenthusiastic, cold and unfriendly. She did not have any prepared questions to speak of, did not want to get to know me, or care about my experience. She asked me to ask her questions, which I did but she answered vaguely, the same apathy she had throughout the interview. The whole thing lasted no more than 10 minutes. Maybe this is how TikTok conducts business but in my opinion, it was a major fail. I'm not sure what the recruiter could hope to achieve from such a poor performance. Beware if you are sent an email for a last-minute Zoom interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basically no questions were asked. I had to mine to get anything out of the interviewer who either didn't like her job, or me. I assume the former as she didn't spend enough time to get to know me at all. I pressed her about leadership as the job was "Lead", supporting and mentoring others on a team. She finally asked what my management style was.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at TikTok (Austin, TX) in Apr 2020
Interview
The recruiter was so disengaged and uninterested in our call. She was late and it lasted only 8 minutes. Having 5 years of Account Management experience in programmatic media, I was very surprised that she did not want to know more about my background as it directly aligns with what they were looking for.
When she asked if I had any questions, she seemed almost annoyed by me asking. She did not provide any additional information about the role or the company outside of what was posted in the job description.
The candidate experience is a very poor reflection of the company and the people they hire.