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Machine Learning Engineer Interview Experience

February 1, 2025
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The interview process consists of a recruiter call, followed by three technical rounds, and a final HR round.

Each technical round lasts approximately one hour and includes:

  • A LeetCode problem (ranging from medium to hard difficulty)
  • A resume overview
  • Machine learning (ML) questions

For the ML portion, I was asked to mathematically derive the cross-entropy loss and code a Transformer block.

Questions

LeetCode problems:

  • Binary Tree Maximum Path Sum
  • Serialize and Deserialize Binary Tree
  • Search in Rotated Sorted Array

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 125 interview experiences for the TikTok Machine Learning Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

9%
Pass Rate

TikTok's interview process for their Machine Learning Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive34%
Neutral46%
Negative20%

Candidates reported having good feelings for TikTok's Machine Learning Engineer interview process in United States.

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