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Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Jose, California

October 23, 2024
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Resume deep dive. LeetCode Hard questions. The interviewer focused on questions about transformers, attention, and distributed systems. For example: the CAP theorem, and how to accelerate the training and fine-tuning of LLMs.

Questions

LeetCode question: Reverse K Linked List

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 82 interview experiences for the TikTok Software Engineer role in San Jose, California.

Success Rate

6%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive37%
Neutral39%
Negative24%

Candidates reported having good feelings for TikTok's Software Engineer interview process in San Jose, California.

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