TikTok

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience

July 16, 2026

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

They tested a wide variety of technical questions, and there was a coding round. They also asked about my resume, including projects and experiences. The interviewer was nice and encouraging. The interviews were held online, with no physical meetings.

Questions

Discuss your projects and experiences. One answer.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 199 interview experiences for the TikTok Software Engineer (Internship) role.

Success Rate

10%

Pass Rate

TikTok's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive41%

Neutral47%

Negative12%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for TikTok's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process.

TikTok Work Experiences

Good Pay, Work-life Balance Lacking

Sofetware Engineer • Current Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

Pros: Compensation & Benefits. Nice culture and young colleagues.

Cons: Emm... emm... emm... Work/Life Balance

Good Pay, Work-life Balance Lacking

Sofetware Engineer • Current Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

Pros: Compensation & Benefits. Nice culture and young colleagues.

Cons: Emm... emm... emm... Work/Life Balance

Not too bad. Most of the employees are Asian/Chinese

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

Pros: Fast-growing company. Can learn quite a few cutting-edge technical solutions. Good pay. Good working environment.

Cons: The RSU policy is too bad. You need to work with Asian R&Ds, so you need to have meetings with them at night. The performance rating is within the whole team, including Chinese colleagues. As we all know, they work so hard. You'll get burned out trying to keep up with their pace.

Not too bad. Most of the employees are Asian/Chinese

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

Pros: Fast-growing company. Can learn quite a few cutting-edge technical solutions. Good pay. Good working environment.

Cons: The RSU policy is too bad. You need to work with Asian R&Ds, so you need to have meetings with them at night. The performance rating is within the whole team, including Chinese colleagues. As we all know, they work so hard. You'll get burned out trying to keep up with their pace.

Software Engineering Intern

Software Engineer(Internship) • Former Employee

Singapore, Singapore

September 11, 2023

Pros: Good benefits and great time.

Cons: Might have to OT sometimes.

Software Engineering Intern

Software Engineer(Internship) • Former Employee

Singapore, Singapore

September 11, 2023

Pros: Good benefits and great time.

Cons: Might have to OT sometimes.

Good Pay, Work-life Balance Lacking

Sofetware Engineer • Current Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

Pros: Compensation & Benefits. Nice culture and young colleagues.

Cons: Emm... emm... emm... Work/Life Balance

5.0
Good Pay, Work-life Balance Lacking
Sofetware Engineer • Current Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
July 16, 2022
Pros: Compensation & Benefits. Nice culture and young colleagues.
Cons: Emm... emm... emm... Work/Life Balance

Not too bad. Most of the employees are Asian/Chinese

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

Pros: Fast-growing company. Can learn quite a few cutting-edge technical solutions. Good pay. Good working environment.

Cons: The RSU policy is too bad. You need to work with Asian R&Ds, so you need to have meetings with them at night. The performance rating is within the whole team, including Chinese colleagues. As we all know, they work so hard. You'll get burned out trying to keep up with their pace.

3.0
Not too bad. Most of the employees are Asian/Chinese
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Jose, California, United States
March 28, 2024
Pros: Fast-growing company. Can learn quite a few cutting-edge technical solutions. Good pay. Good working environment.
Cons: The RSU policy is too bad. You need to work with Asian R&Ds, so you need to have meetings with them at night. The performance rating is within the whole team, including Chinese colleagues. As we all know, they work so hard. You'll get burned out trying to keep up with their pace.

Software Engineering Intern

Software Engineer(Internship) • Former Employee

Singapore, Singapore

September 11, 2023

Pros: Good benefits and great time.

Cons: Might have to OT sometimes.

4.0
Software Engineering Intern
Software Engineer(Internship) • Former Employee
Singapore, Singapore
September 11, 2023
Pros: Good benefits and great time.
Cons: Might have to OT sometimes.

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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