I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok in Jul 2022
Interview
Got through three rounds of interviews with the recruiter and two possible teammates - after that, I was ghosted. This shouldn't surprise me when it took over three days to get a single round of interviews scheduled, and yet here we are.
I reached out after not hearing back for over a week and instead of a response, I received a stupid survey asking "how did the interview process go?" which I filled out quite honestly.
It is incredibly unprofessional and rude to do this to a candidate that had made it through this far. I really don't suggest going through interviewing with this company, best to find somewhere where they have the decency to let you know they've selected another candidate.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to work here, how do you handle stress, all the typical questions.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok (Singapur) in Jan 2022
Interview
Overall a positive experience! Applied and the next day the recruiter based in China reached out to arrange a quick 15mins call.
- 1st interview arranged with someone based in Beijing (30mins video call)
- 2nd interview arranged with someone based in Shanghai (30mins video call)
- 3rd interview - another person based in China (30mins video call)
- 4th Interview - someone from China based in Singapore (30mins video call)
- 4 days after they sent an email stating they went with another candidate.
Correspondence was very fast, they get back after interviews within days to arrange the next one. Expect to have at least 3 to 4 rounds of interview.
The interviewers were very polite and friendly. Their questions were quite general, mostly situational scenarios to see what you will do. (Do expect to be asked if you're fluent in Chinese even if not explicitly asked for in the job description as Tik Tok after all is a China based company and all the interviewers were Chinese)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Describe a project you took part in, what was your role in it.
- What would you do if your plate was full but someone else asks you to help them out with something
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok (Los Angeles, CA) in Jun 2020
Interview
The overall experience is positive. The recruiters of Tiktok are great to work with. I had several rounds of interviews, mostly about my past experience. The interviewers are friendly and professional.