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      Machine Learning Engineer Interview

      28 May 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through university. I interviewed at TikTok in Oct 2025

      Interview

      Asked about past projects and work experience in detail. Merge sort, a Medium-Hard DP problem. A case problem with designing a model to recommend items for tiktok shop. Interview was in Chinese.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Compute numbers of ways you can put N queens on a N*N chess table.
      Answer question

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      Machine Learning Engineer Interview

      16 Apr 2026
      Anonymous employee
      San Jose, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at TikTok (San Jose, CA)

      Interview

      three rounds, each has coding + ml basic + resume related questions understand all the details in resume is important, since might go very deep down the project you have worked on

      Machine Learning Engineer Interview

      14 Mar 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at TikTok

      Interview

      The first round was mainly a CV walkthrough. The second round focused in depth on one specific project. Both rounds also included LeetCode medium-level problems. The third round was with the hiring manager with both project and problems for their business.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Explain the architecture of Transformer.
      Answer question

      Machine Learning Engineer Interview

      20 Apr 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      San Jose, CA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at TikTok (San Jose, CA) in Mar 2026

      Interview

      one hour first round tiktok usds phone screen interview. past projects questions, leetcode mid questions, and machine learning, deep learning, large language model questions. And then ask the interviewer questions.

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