Was reached out on linkedin. The interviews consists of 1 hr round, 2 coding and 1 sys design rounds. The coding parts were standard leetcode questions. Hr round asked about past experiences. All interviewers spoke Chinese.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok
Interview
1. HR reached out for a call 2. 2 rounds of coding interviews 3. HM behavior questions 4. HR call for culture fit. HR is very efficient in scheduling interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
medium Leet code question, use the language of your choice
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok (Singapur) in Mar 2023
Interview
HR screening and call, followed by 3 rounds, which are usually deep dive into past projects/work and Leetcode questions, although there may be system design as well. There is then one last behavioral screening round. Some interviewers are friendly, others are just rude. Most of them prefer to interview in Mandarin, which makes explaining difficult if you are not proficient at the language, or be stuck in communicating with broken English.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leetcode medium to hard, questions on binary search, stack (e.g. valid parenthesis string with wildcard), linked lists (e.g. LRU cache, merge K sorted), graphs (e.g. count islands) and DP (e.g. decode ways). Lots of grinding needed to be familiar with the algorithms as you have to answer 2-3 questions in each round so you have to be fast.