Process
The first round is a 30-minute phone screen with HR.
HR was friendly and helpful, providing much information regarding the position and team. They asked some questions about my background and relevant experience.
Questions
Have you worked with the product team before?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 37 interview experiences for the TikTok Data Engineer role in United States.
Success Rate
11%
Pass Rate
TikTok's interview process for their Data Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive57%
Neutral35%
Negative8%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for TikTok's Data Engineer interview process in United States.
TikTok Work Experiences
3.0
Don't come if you have a family
Data Engineer • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
January 16, 2025
Pros: - 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.
1.0
Toxic Place and No Career Growth
Data Engineer • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
April 8, 2025
Pros: 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.
4.0
It's not bad, as many people may think
Data Engineer • Current Employee
San Jose, California, United States
August 19, 2024
Pros: You will learn a lot from the projects they do here.
Pay is not the best, but still great.
Free lunch and dinner.
Cons: Hard to get a promotion and raise.
More workload than other companies.
- 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.
- 4.0It's not bad, as many people may thinkData Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesAugust 19, 2024Pros: You will learn a lot from the projects they do here. Pay is not the best, but still great. Free lunch and dinner.Cons: Hard to get a promotion and raise. More workload than other companies.
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