The process took 1 week. I interviewed at TikTok in Feb 2022
Interview
interviewer did not care about explaining code, focused on optimization to the extreme....question itself was easy to solve but optimization was hard, discussed the optimization strategies with the interviewer and he helped me figure out the best ways to optimize
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Answer a question on printing out a string when function is called, based on inputs
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.
I applied online. I interviewed at TikTok (Singapore) in Jun 2026
Interview
1 round of tech interview where i was asked basic tech questions and given a leetcode question to solve. total was around 1 hour. interviewer did not seem happy with my answer and time complexity.
