TikTok

Data Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York

October 31, 2025

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Why should we hire you?

What are your key skill sets?

How long do you work every day?

Weaknesses?

Are you easy to manage?

Are you a drone who can blindly follow upper management directives despite the fact that you know they are immoral?

Do you mind if we don't give you a raise year after year?

Are you happy with no bonuses?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the TikTok Data Engineer role in New York, New York.

Success Rate

Pass Rate

TikTok's interview process for their Data Engineer roles in New York, New York is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive67%

Neutral0%

Negative33%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for TikTok's Data Engineer interview process in New York, New York.

TikTok Interview Questions

Subarray Sum Equals K

Medium

Determine the total number of continuous subarrays within a given array that sum up to a specific target value, k.

ArraysSliding Windows

Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters

Medium

Find the length of the longest substring within a given string that contains no repeating characters. The substring must be contiguous.

StringsSliding Windows

Generate Parentheses

Medium

Given a number 'n', generate all possible well-formed (balanced) parentheses strings of length 2*n. For instance, if n=3, you need to create all valid combinations like '((()))', '(()())', etc.

RecursionStrings