SRE Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at TikTok with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 37.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for SRE Engineer roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 9 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 SRE Engineer according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
Skills test: 25%
One on one interview: 20%
Background check: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Drug test: 5%
Presentation: 5%
Personality test: 5%
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The interview process varies by teams. But in general have coding round, system design, networking round and a live prod troubleshooting rounds. The whole process is divided in 4-5 rounds.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok
Interview
initially recruiter reached out and two rounds were schedules, the interview consisted of two rounds one was leetcode style medium level question and devops/linux rounds. there was one more round after this mostly the behavioral round
The interview consisted of several stages. First, the interviewer asked questions about my resume, including past projects, technical skills, and previous work experience. Then I solved a few medium-level LeetCode-style coding problems that focused on data structures and algorithms. I was also given troubleshooting scenarios to test my debugging and problem-solving skills, where I had to explain how I would identify and fix technical issues step by step. The interviewer also asked follow-up questions about my approach and reasoning.