I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at TikTok in Dec 2023
Interview
1. HR phone call, give job and team background information, give instructions for next coming interviews, give some tips for success in interviews
2. 1st tech: hard
3. 2nd tech: haven't try
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. TCP and UDP (network)
2. SQL transactions and concurrency
3. Python/Java questions
4. LC
5. Test Design
6. Background Questions related to resume
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at TikTok
Interview
- recruiter asked me to speak in Chinese for latter half of screen
- 1st round was algo interview
- 2nd round was algo and system design
- didn't move forward after second round
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- 1st round was simple 1D dp problem
- 2nd round was graph problem (Djikstra's) and ML system design
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
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.