Machine Learning Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California
July 4, 2025
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
The interview process consists of:
- A recruiter call
- Three coding rounds
- One behavioral round
The coding rounds included:
- One DSA round
- Two DSA + ML System Design rounds
Questions
Binary Search, Array Manipulation
Talked about Overfitting and how you can prevent it.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the TikTok Machine Learning Engineer role in Mountain View, California.
Success Rate
0%
Pass Rate
TikTok's interview process for their Machine Learning Engineer roles in Mountain View, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive100%
Neutral0%
Negative0%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for TikTok's Machine Learning Engineer interview process in Mountain View, California.
TikTok Work Experiences
3.0
Very fast-moving and stressful.
Machine Learning Engineer • Current Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
February 18, 2025
Pros: You will learn many things very fast.
Work on very high-impact projects.
Cons: Unpredictable work hours.
Forget about work-life balance.
4.0
Smart Team, Late Meetings
Machine Learning Engineer • Current Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
August 19, 2023
Pros: Young and smart colleague. Very strong business. Good career growth and scope. We can get things done. Moving fast.
Cons: Communication with the Chinese team.
Late night meetings.
4.0
New Division, Supportive Colleagues
Machine Learning Engineer • Former Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
December 6, 2021
Pros: 1. The TT division is quite new and has a lot of interesting work to do.
2. Colleagues are supportive, at least from my experience (Eng division).
3. Computing infra is good.
Cons: 1. Regular meetings with teams outside of the US.
2. Many documents are not well written.
3. Not a good place for NG or junior staff.
- 3.0Very fast-moving and stressful.Machine Learning Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesFebruary 18, 2025Pros: You will learn many things very fast. Work on very high-impact projects.Cons: Unpredictable work hours. Forget about work-life balance.
- 4.0Smart Team, Late MeetingsMachine Learning Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesAugust 19, 2023Pros: Young and smart colleague. Very strong business. Good career growth and scope. We can get things done. Moving fast.Cons: Communication with the Chinese team. Late night meetings.
- 4.0New Division, Supportive ColleaguesMachine Learning Engineer • Former EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesDecember 6, 2021Pros: 1. The TT division is quite new and has a lot of interesting work to do. 2. Colleagues are supportive, at least from my experience (Eng division). 3. Computing infra is good.Cons: 1. Regular meetings with teams outside of the US. 2. Many documents are not well written. 3. Not a good place for NG or junior staff.
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