SWE Intern applicants have rated the interview process at TikTok with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 37.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for SWE Intern roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 42 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 SWE Intern according to 42 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 29%
Phone interview: 26%
One on one interview: 13%
Other: 13%
Personality test: 10%
Background check: 6%
Group panel interview: 3%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at TikTok in Oct 2025
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tatolly 2 interviews.
for each would be some q&a related to the resume and 1 or 2 leetcode questions,
maybe something like class will needed.
need to describe the time complexity.
Asked me a little about my recent project experience before jumping into Leetcode. Was asked 224. Basic Calculator. Interviewer was helpful and helped break down steps. Very friendly and allowed me time to think.
Resume dive, tech questions, and leetcode medium. Prepare by doing leetcode mediums filtered for the company, and revise on basic software design principles and frameworks. Prepare to discuss deeply into your resume as well.
It was overall easy with leet code medium questions. Interviewer asked some questions but not too difficult. did it on lark, which is a software they made in bytedance to my knowledge