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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience

December 9, 2021
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The process is serial, as many people have described. You can only move forward if you have completed the last interview.

I had 4 coding rounds:

  • 3 LeetCode
  • 1 React

And a Hiring Manager interview.

I did well on 3 of the coding rounds; however, on one of them, the interviewer gave almost no description or example input or output.

Most of the interviewers were very helpful.

The final Hiring Manager interview involved a problem about probability, which I bombed. I have no background in statistics or any context for this kind of math-related thinking.

Overall, the experience was good, but if a candidate passes 3 coding rounds, why is the hiring manager asking more coding? I would have preferred system design.

In any case, there is usually one interviewer that sinks the entire effort. Unfortunately, in this instance, I believe it was the hiring manager.

Questions

Typical LeetCode problems often include:

  • 2D array problems
  • Binary trees
  • Probability

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 24 interview experiences for the TikTok Senior Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

8%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive13%
Neutral33%
Negative54%

Candidates reported having very negative feelings for TikTok's Senior Software Engineer interview process in United States.

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