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Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Jose, California

June 29, 2026
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks.

After a short introduction, we jumped into LeetCode practice. This is a classic medium-difficulty LeetCode sliding window problem. Then I was asked to come up with some test cases myself to verify the solution.

Questions

There was a LeetCode question. Then I had to try to improve the time complexity.

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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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