TikTok

Software Engineer Interview Experience - United States

October 14, 2025

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Two-stage process. I passed the first technical stage but didn't pass the second coding interview. They give you two questions each, some icebreakers, and then coding for about 50 minutes. After that, they answer any questions I might have.

Questions

They asked about priority queues.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 379 interview experiences for the TikTok Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive31%

Neutral46%

Negative23%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for TikTok's Software Engineer 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