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Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Jose, California

February 3, 2026
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied online. The process took three weeks.

  • Start with a short self-introduction and background discussion for about ten minutes.
  • Move into solving two coding problems over roughly forty-five minutes.
  • Finally, reserve the last five minutes to ask the interviewer about role details, team structure, and next steps in the process.

Questions

One of the coding questions was to implement an LRU cache. I cannot clearly recall the other problem since I had not encountered a similar question before and initially found it quite challenging, but the interviewer provided helpful hints along the way, and I was eventually able to work through the solution successfully.

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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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