Site Reliability Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California
April 26, 2025
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
Round 1 consisted of two LeetCode questions, one easy and one hard. Round 2 focused on Linux, operating systems, and networking trivia, including different commands in Bash, regex, etc. The interviewers were friendly and fair.
Questions
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 6 interview experiences for the TikTok Site Reliability Engineer role in Mountain View, California.
Success Rate
33%
Pass Rate
TikTok's interview process for their Site Reliability Engineer roles in Mountain View, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive67%
Neutral0%
Negative33%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for TikTok's Site Reliability Engineer interview process in Mountain View, California.
TikTok Work Experiences
5.0
Good Pay, Lots Of Politics
Site Reliability Engineer • Former Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
June 7, 2025
Pros: Fast-paced, good pay, generally nice people.
Cons: Lots of politics in terms of who knows who. Not much room for promo.
1.0
Leaders Know Nothing, Want Out
Site Reliability Engineer • Current Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
October 30, 2024
Pros: No pro, wanna get out.
Cons: Leaders don't know anything.
No clear boundary of leveling.
5.0
Fantastic place to work.
Site Reliability Engineer • Current Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
May 2, 2024
Pros: Endless opportunities to work on various different things.
Cons: Long working hours cut into family time.
- 5.0Good Pay, Lots Of PoliticsSite Reliability Engineer • Former EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesJune 7, 2025Pros: Fast-paced, good pay, generally nice people.Cons: Lots of politics in terms of who knows who. Not much room for promo.
- 1.0Leaders Know Nothing, Want OutSite Reliability Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesOctober 30, 2024Pros: No pro, wanna get out.Cons: Leaders don't know anything. No clear boundary of leveling.
- 5.0Fantastic place to work.Site Reliability Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesMay 2, 2024Pros: Endless opportunities to work on various different things.Cons: Long working hours cut into family time.
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