MLE intern applicants have rated the interview process at TikTok with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 39% positive. To compare, the company-average is 37.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for MLE intern roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 18 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 intern according to 18 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 36%
Skills test: 32%
Phone interview: 12%
Background check: 12%
Presentation: 8%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
We talk about my past experience(including my intern and school project). it takes about 40mins and then have a leetcode (medium). And then I just ask what will I do if I join the team,
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at TikTok (Singapore)
Interview
3 rounds technical interview, each 1 hour long
1st - Direct mentor (interview in chinese)
2nd - Direct team lead (interview in chinese)
3rd - Direct hiring manager (interview in english, based overseas)
It began with self-introduction and past projects. Then the interviewer asked a few questions about the project. Then ML coding test. For me it was CLIP at first. I wasn't able to do this, so the interviewer changed it to a naive CNN.
I applied online. I interviewed at TikTok (San Jose, CA) in Jan 2026
Interview
3 sum + ml skill and basic knowleage like ROC. Resume diving, looking for your understanding of the skills used before. interviewer is kind, 30 mintiues coding and 30 minutes about others