I applied online. I interviewed at TikTok (San Jose, CA)
Interview
1. HR phone call: HR talked about the basic info of this position and candidate background. Then HR introduced the overall interview process. There would be four technical interviews. After that would be a HR interview.
2. 1st &2nd round interviews: The interviewers asked a lot of details about the resume, combing with the technical considerations, reasons, and benefits.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What were the detailed processes about upgrading the K8S Version
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok in Oct 2023
Interview
Recruiters and schedulers were very good and accommodating. Most of the interviewers were great. 1 coding round involved two question : an LC easy-ish with binary search and a practical coding round parsing some logs. Interviewer was nice and engaging. System design was also fine. Easy problem but a lot of areas to talk through. The linux round was really bad. The interviewer sounded like a teacher scolding students. After every answer he'd ask "is it? is it true? is it correct?" I suppose as a way to trick or test you but it was so annoying that I stopped engaging and started giving short answers just to finish the interview. Extremely condescending. Aside from that the linux round is just trivia.
Candidates applying for Senior Site Reliability Engineer roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 2 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 Senior Site Reliability Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
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