Policy Manager applicants have rated the interview process at TikTok with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 17% positive. To compare, the company-average is 37.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Policy Manager roles take an average of 46 days to get hired, when considering 6 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 Policy Manager according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 29%
One on one interview: 29%
Background check: 14%
Phone interview: 14%
Presentation: 14%
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The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok (New York, NY)
Interview
By far the worst ran interview process of any tech company. The recruiter did not know basic info on the job past the job spec, misinformed me, so I prioritised the wrong info for my interview with the hiring manager.
They also do not ask you availability before setting time/date.
The questions are also of poor standard, seems like the hiring manager picked them out of the blue rather than standardised.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What policy issues do you seen coming down the line
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at TikTok (Singapore) in Sep 2025
Interview
headhunted by recuriter > set up recruiter screen > submit CV > interview with hiring manager > 3-4 rounds of interviews
you can't interview for multiple roles at a time unfortunately
relatively fast responses if they are interested in you
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
talk through introductions, experience, interest in the role
what do you think of balancing revenue and user policy?
working collaboratively & cross-functionally
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok
Interview
The process involved several rounds of interviews. I spoke with several team members and cross functional partners and multiple levels of leadership personnel. All interviews were around 30 minutes and conducted remotely.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok (London, England) in Jun 2024
Interview
Horribly disorganised. 4 separate interviews with 4 separate people who asked me large the same questions, each for about 45mins. Could have saved everyone time if a virtual panel (via video interview) had interviewed me all in one go to save everyone's time and prevent questions being duplicated multiple times. Extremely bizarre culture and almost every person interviewing me went to great pains to say how chaotic and fast-paced the company is with no established processes as everyone is learning on the job. They also went to great lengths to make it very clear that work life balance would be non-existent and that attendance at the office on 5 days per week would be expected, in addition to some weekends and after hours.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want this job? Why do you want to work for this company?