MLE/RS 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 56% positive. To compare, the company-average is 37.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for MLE/RS roles take an average of 24 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 MLE/RS according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Skills test: 33%
Phone interview: 17%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Personality test: 8%
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I applied online. I interviewed at TikTok (San Jose, CA) in Jun 2024
Interview
Applied via referral and the recruiter reached out and scheduled 2 technical interviews. Got HR/HM call after that. All interviews are equally distributed between ml and leetcode. leetcode level medium is a must. ML algo implementations a must
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
implement forward and backward training loop logistic regression from scratch.
The process was straightforward. I first submitted my resume online. Then I was contacted by a recruiter for initial screening. After that, I was given an online coding/technical assessment. Finally, there was a behavioral interview with the hiring manager.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok (San Jose, CA)
Interview
The first round was about leetcode coding, and basic questions based on the resume. There were questions about VLMs, Language models, and basic system designing. There was one coding question to solve and on the easy to medium difficulty level.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you go about training a VLM from scratch.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok (Singapore) in Sep 2025
Interview
round 1 resume walk through, technical breadth and depth questions, 1 LC medium - 3sum
round 2 resume walk through, technical breadth and depth questions, 1 LC medium - tree traversal question
rd3 resume walk through, behavioural questions