Data Engineer Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington
Process
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day.
The interview process included an initial recruiter conversation followed by several technical rounds. The technical interviews focused on SQL, data modeling, ETL/data pipeline concepts, and Python. I was also asked about handling large datasets, improving pipeline reliability, and explaining decisions I had made in previous data engineering projects. The final portion included behavioral questions about collaboration, prioritization, and troubleshooting production issues.
Questions
Given an events table containing user_id, event_type, and event_timestamp, write a SQL query to calculate the number of daily active users for each day.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 4 interview experiences for the TikTok Data Engineer role in Seattle, Washington.
Success Rate
TikTok's interview process for their Data Engineer roles in Seattle, Washington is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for TikTok's Data Engineer interview process in Seattle, Washington.
TikTok Work Experiences
- 3.0Don't come if you have a familyData Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesJanuary 16, 2025Pros: - Good pay - Colleagues are actually nice - But that's it.Cons: - Disaster WLB - Don't come if you have a family, because you will need to have meetings during the night every day.
- 1.0Toxic Place and No Career GrowthData Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesApril 8, 2025Pros: They will provide good pay.Cons: 1. Toxic Place and No Career Growth 2. Bad Leadership 3. You can find more mediocre engineers, and they only work with some tools and don't have solid experience and knowledge on building software or data systems from scratch. 4. No Learning Curve 5. Mediocre Team Leads who don't have any in-depth knowledge on any programming languages and just manage.
- 1.0Avoid at all costData Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesNovember 11, 2024Pros: Pay is good, but if you divide it by the overwhelming hours per day, it is not worth it. Food is good.Cons: Everything is the worst I have ever experienced.
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