I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok in Feb 2022
Interview
5 Questions 2 LC easy 2 LC med 1 LC hard and the process was fairly easy did not make it to final round however and the timing for the OA was fairly short for the number of questions
Used their internal software for a CS theory and Online assessment portion.
Was tested on HTTP Connect, CI/CD, CSRF, TCP. Online assessment was a leetcode style question on Unique Binary Search Tree II
3 round tech interview and 1 hr interview, tech interview involves writing 2 sql and 2 leetcode and bq questions and backend questions, each with 1h and the hr interview takes 30 minutes
Started with a self-introduction, asked about one, Leetcode problem 322. Coin Change, and one of my experiences on the resume as well. The interviewee can ask questions to the interviewer at the end of the interview.
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Software Developer 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 Software Developer Intern roles take an average of 38 days to get hired, when considering 54 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 Software Developer Intern according to 54 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 38%
One on one interview: 33%
Phone interview: 23%
Background check: 5%
Presentation: 3%
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