Data Engineer Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington
Process
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks.
The coding assessment consisted of medium-level LeetCode problems and highly challenging SQL questions. The SQL section was based on a complex real-world business case, requiring multiple joins, aggregations, window functions, and careful handling of edge cases.
Questions
There was just LeetCode and SQL problem-solving, and some basic Java questions.
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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
- 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.
- 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.
- 3.0A lot of overtimeData Engineer • Current EmployeeWashington, District of Columbia, United StatesMarch 17, 2025Pros: Free lunch; free snacks; free parkingCons: A lot of night meetings with Singapore teams. High pressure. No promotions. Many in-house tools (not used by outside market). Long commute.
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