TikTok

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - New York, New York

December 1, 2020

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

You will have an online assessment with 4 questions. I passed three, then I get the interview.

There will be two rounds of technical interviews. I did not pass the first one, so I don't know what will be asked in the second one.

Questions

First, we will ask about your previous experience and resume. Then, we will ask you a data structure LeetCode question.

The initial question will be LeetCode Easy, and the follow-up will be LeetCode Medium.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 5 interview experiences for the TikTok Software Engineer (Internship) role in New York, New York.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

TikTok's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in New York, New York is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive60%

Neutral20%

Negative20%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for TikTok's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in New York, New York.

TikTok Work Experiences

Not the best place to SDE

Software Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Well paid, good benefits, and learn a lot.

Cons: Always have a meeting at midnight with Asian SDEs.

Not the best place to SDE

Software Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Well paid, good benefits, and learn a lot.

Cons: Always have a meeting at midnight with Asian SDEs.

Not a typical Silicon Valley-style company you would expect

Software Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: * Recognized brand with Gen-Z. * Ambitious company.

Cons: Compensation: No annual merit increase or equity refresh. Language: For engineering positions, only join this company if you can speak fluent Chinese. HQ in China: Expect late-night meetings. Decision making: Most important decisions are made in HQ and high-level Chinese management. File-and-rank employees do execution only.

Not a typical Silicon Valley-style company you would expect

Software Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: * Recognized brand with Gen-Z. * Ambitious company.

Cons: Compensation: No annual merit increase or equity refresh. Language: For engineering positions, only join this company if you can speak fluent Chinese. HQ in China: Expect late-night meetings. Decision making: Most important decisions are made in HQ and high-level Chinese management. File-and-rank employees do execution only.

Why rate this company?

Software Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

September 30, 2024

Pros: Entertainment Technology environment is great. Good salary. Many users. Great impact.

Cons: Limited work-life balance; you need to work a lot.

Why rate this company?

Software Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

September 30, 2024

Pros: Entertainment Technology environment is great. Good salary. Many users. Great impact.

Cons: Limited work-life balance; you need to work a lot.

Not the best place to SDE

Software Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Well paid, good benefits, and learn a lot.

Cons: Always have a meeting at midnight with Asian SDEs.

3.0
Not the best place to SDE
Software Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
April 20, 2024
Pros: Well paid, good benefits, and learn a lot.
Cons: Always have a meeting at midnight with Asian SDEs.

Not a typical Silicon Valley-style company you would expect

Software Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: * Recognized brand with Gen-Z. * Ambitious company.

Cons: Compensation: No annual merit increase or equity refresh. Language: For engineering positions, only join this company if you can speak fluent Chinese. HQ in China: Expect late-night meetings. Decision making: Most important decisions are made in HQ and high-level Chinese management. File-and-rank employees do execution only.

3.0
Not a typical Silicon Valley-style company you would expect
Software Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
May 15, 2021
Pros: * Recognized brand with Gen-Z. * Ambitious company.
Cons: Compensation: No annual merit increase or equity refresh. Language: For engineering positions, only join this company if you can speak fluent Chinese. HQ in China: Expect late-night meetings. Decision making: Most important decisions are made in HQ and high-level Chinese management. File-and-rank employees do execution only.

Why rate this company?

Software Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

September 30, 2024

Pros: Entertainment Technology environment is great. Good salary. Many users. Great impact.

Cons: Limited work-life balance; you need to work a lot.

4.0
Why rate this company?
Software Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
September 30, 2024
Pros: Entertainment Technology environment is great. Good salary. Many users. Great impact.
Cons: Limited work-life balance; you need to work a lot.

TikTok Interview Questions

Generate Parentheses

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

Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters

Find the length of the longest substring within a given string that contains no repeating characters. The substring must be contiguous.

StringsTwo PointersSliding Windows

Search in Rotated Sorted Array

You're given a sorted array that has been rotated, and a target value. Find the index of the target value in the rotated array, or return -1 if it's not present.

ArraysBinary Search

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