Software Engineer 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 30% positive. To compare, the company-average is 37.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 448 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 Engineer according to 448 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 29%
One on one interview: 27%
Phone interview: 24%
Presentation: 5%
Background check: 5%
Other: 3%
Personality test: 3%
Drug test: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
Group panel interview: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok (San Jose, CA) in Mar 2024
Interview
Hackerrank live Coding interview :
1 easy and 1 medium leetcode question.
1. Given a string with numbers, move all the 0s to the right side.
Gave Sliding window approach and coded the solution and passed all the test cases
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
First 15 mins : Initial resume review to evaluate technical skills
Tech interviews demand two core skills: one LeetCode proves you can solve complex algorithms at a micro level, while one System Design validates your ability to architect scalable, distributed macro infrastructure.
Pretty smooth got contact by hr and then got know the basic info, however the interviews was delayed like 3 times so it was kind of annoying yeah and then I got offered at another job so I ended up decline this one
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at TikTok in Jul 2026
Interview
It started with an email and then a call with recruiter. All went fine. Then for the first technical interview, they asked a coding question on HackerRank and doesn't allow my preferred language.
It's a pretty easy question though.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Easy leetcode question, but doesn't allow language choice.