great. the mentor is very patient. asked a lot of basics knowledge about transofermer and large language model. Did a quick coding question about list, roughly medium level question on leet code.
Round 1–3 (Technical Rounds):
Mix of LeetCode-style coding questions and ML system design. Topics included data preprocessing, model evaluation, and deployment tradeoffs. Interviewers were friendly and mostly let me talk through my thought process.
Round 4–5 (Team Matching):
Team fit interviews.
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at TikTok
Interview
Literally scheduled a hacker rank interview and no one showed up! Their recruiting is an absolute mess; I'm doubting their entire process and professionalism after this incident. . . . . . .
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
No questions asked. Got an interview scheduled and no one bothered to show up to the interview lol...
MLE applicants have rated the interview process at TikTok with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 37.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for MLE roles take an average of 2 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at TikTok overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at TikTok as a MLE according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Skills test: 25%
Phone interview: 25%
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