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Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

November 1, 2022

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The interviewer is from China.

HR response time is pretty long.

The first interview was cancelled due to a bad connection.

The second interview was a pretty standard Chinese interview, rather than a Silicon Valley-style, coding-focused interview.

Questions

Asked quite a few questions about testing frameworks and system basics.

There was a LeetCode hard problem.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the TikTok Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) role in San Francisco, California.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

TikTok's interview process for their Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) roles in San Francisco, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive0%

Neutral50%

Negative50%

Candidates reported having very negative feelings for TikTok's Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) interview process in San Francisco, California.

TikTok Work Experiences

Fast Paced Chinese Startup

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Former Employee

San Jose, California, United States

Pros: Work fast with little structure and find the best way to help the company. Good food and social atmosphere. Great perks, such as free charging (while it lasted). Good if you can speak Chinese.

Cons: Poor if you can't speak Chinese, as everyone needs to work with the China teams and you will be relying on auto-translate for your meetings. Stressful culture with high expectations but ill-defined processes to get there. Many nice, helpful people, however.

Fast Paced Chinese Startup

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Former Employee

San Jose, California, United States

Pros: Work fast with little structure and find the best way to help the company. Good food and social atmosphere. Great perks, such as free charging (while it lasted). Good if you can speak Chinese.

Cons: Poor if you can't speak Chinese, as everyone needs to work with the China teams and you will be relying on auto-translate for your meetings. Stressful culture with high expectations but ill-defined processes to get there. Many nice, helpful people, however.

Fast-paced environment

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee

Singapore, Singapore

Pros: If you like working in a fast-paced environment, this is the best place for a workaholic like you.

Cons: Don't dare work here if you're still considering work-life balance. It's hard to get promoted here.

Fast-paced environment

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee

Singapore, Singapore

Pros: If you like working in a fast-paced environment, this is the best place for a workaholic like you.

Cons: Don't dare work here if you're still considering work-life balance. It's hard to get promoted here.

Love to work here

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

October 24, 2023

Pros: Good salary and bonus, stocks, plus lunch and dinner at the office.

Cons: Mandatory 2 days at the office

Love to work here

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

October 24, 2023

Pros: Good salary and bonus, stocks, plus lunch and dinner at the office.

Cons: Mandatory 2 days at the office

Fast Paced Chinese Startup

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Former Employee

San Jose, California, United States

Pros: Work fast with little structure and find the best way to help the company. Good food and social atmosphere. Great perks, such as free charging (while it lasted). Good if you can speak Chinese.

Cons: Poor if you can't speak Chinese, as everyone needs to work with the China teams and you will be relying on auto-translate for your meetings. Stressful culture with high expectations but ill-defined processes to get there. Many nice, helpful people, however.

4.0
Fast Paced Chinese Startup
Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Former Employee
San Jose, California, United States
May 15, 2024
Pros: Work fast with little structure and find the best way to help the company. Good food and social atmosphere. Great perks, such as free charging (while it lasted). Good if you can speak Chinese.
Cons: Poor if you can't speak Chinese, as everyone needs to work with the China teams and you will be relying on auto-translate for your meetings. Stressful culture with high expectations but ill-defined processes to get there. Many nice, helpful people, however.

Fast-paced environment

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee

Singapore, Singapore

Pros: If you like working in a fast-paced environment, this is the best place for a workaholic like you.

Cons: Don't dare work here if you're still considering work-life balance. It's hard to get promoted here.

4.0
Fast-paced environment
Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee
Singapore, Singapore
May 31, 2024
Pros: If you like working in a fast-paced environment, this is the best place for a workaholic like you.
Cons: Don't dare work here if you're still considering work-life balance. It's hard to get promoted here.

Love to work here

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

October 24, 2023

Pros: Good salary and bonus, stocks, plus lunch and dinner at the office.

Cons: Mandatory 2 days at the office

5.0
Love to work here
Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
October 24, 2023
Pros: Good salary and bonus, stocks, plus lunch and dinner at the office.
Cons: Mandatory 2 days at the office

TikTok Interview Questions

Generate Parentheses

Given a number 'n', generate all possible well-formed (balanced) parentheses strings of length 2*n. For instance, if n=3, you need to create all valid combinations like '((()))', '(()())', etc.

RecursionStrings

Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters

Find the length of the longest substring within a given string that contains no repeating characters. The substring must be contiguous.

StringsTwo PointersSliding Windows

Search in Rotated Sorted Array

You're given a sorted array that has been rotated, and a target value. Find the index of the target value in the rotated array, or return -1 if it's not present.

ArraysBinary Search

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