TikTok

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - United States

October 15, 2025

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Two technical interviews.

Two medium LeetCode questions for the first interview. One medium LeetCode question for the second interview.

The first interviewer was very nice and helpful. However, the second interviewer barely gave any feedback throughout the process.

Questions

One of the questions was LC largest subarray.

Was this helpful?

Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 114 interview experiences for the TikTok Software Engineer (Internship) role in United States.

Success Rate

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive37%

Neutral46%

Negative18%

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

TikTok Interview Questions

Subarray Sum Equals K

Medium

Determine the total number of continuous subarrays within a given array that sum up to a specific target value, k.

ArraysSliding Windows

Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters

Medium

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

StringsSliding Windows

Generate Parentheses

Medium

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