Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience
February 1, 2022
Neutral ExperienceGot Offer
Process
One question about yourself.
A project on your resume.
Technical part:
Just one coding question on binary trees. The interviewer seemed distracted by something on his phone and wasn't paying attention to what I said.
Questions
Tell me about yourself, your school, and your major.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 137 interview experiences for the TikTok Software Engineer (Internship) role in United States.
Success Rate
8%
Pass Rate
TikTok's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive39%
Neutral47%
Negative15%
Candidates reported having good feelings for TikTok's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in United States.
TikTok Work Experiences
5.0
Easy Platform, Busy Hr
Software Engineer(Internship) • Former Employee
Remote
December 14, 2022
Pros: A nice communication platform, and easy to use.
Cons: Too many employees, and HR is too busy.
3.0
Good Pay, Long Hours
Frontend Developer • Current Employee
San Jose, California, United States
January 8, 2025
Pros: Good compensation for a tech company.
Cons: Long work hours.
Difficult for non-Chinese speaking engineers.
3.0
Good pay, but not good company culture
SRE Engineer • Former Employee
Sydney, Australia
March 28, 2025
Pros: 1. High pay, consider the year of experience.
2. Free lunch and breakfast.
Cons: 1. Overtime work: You need to catch up with the Chinese team in their time zone, which means you will have meetings at 5 p.m. or 6 p.m.
2. You will struggle if you don't understand Chinese because most of the documentation is in Chinese.
- 5.0Easy Platform, Busy HrSoftware Engineer(Internship) • Former EmployeeRemoteDecember 14, 2022Pros: A nice communication platform, and easy to use.Cons: Too many employees, and HR is too busy.
- 3.0Good Pay, Long HoursFrontend Developer • Current EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesJanuary 8, 2025Pros: Good compensation for a tech company.Cons: Long work hours. Difficult for non-Chinese speaking engineers.
- 3.0Good pay, but not good company cultureSRE Engineer • Former EmployeeSydney, AustraliaMarch 28, 2025Pros: 1. High pay, consider the year of experience. 2. Free lunch and breakfast.Cons: 1. Overtime work: You need to catch up with the Chinese team in their time zone, which means you will have meetings at 5 p.m. or 6 p.m. 2. You will struggle if you don't understand Chinese because most of the documentation is in Chinese.
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