TikTok

Software Engineer New Grad Interview Experience - San Jose, California

September 1, 2025

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

For Round 1, the interviewer started with a brief introduction about my recent internship, followed by a medium-level coding question.

For Round 2, the interviewer jumped straight into coding and asked me to solve a palindrome problem and a Dijkstra’s algorithm problem.

Questions

No BQ, just simple project questions.

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TikTok's interview process for their Software Engineer New Grad roles in San Jose, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

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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