1 Online Assessment (4 Questions) 1 Interview Interviews are 3-5 rounds, based on your performance in the previous round. Their process is quick, with the first interview occurring days after recruiter communication. Recruiter emails mention a 45-minute to 1-hour interview slot, which was vague. I expected the interviewer would allow continuation beyond 45 minutes if needed, but the interview stopped abruptly at 45 minutes with only minutes of debugging remaining for my coding problem. I had to solve two medium-difficulty problems in approximately 20-30 minutes. It would have been better if the interviewer had at least mentioned at the start of the interview their plan to stop precisely at 45 minutes. With a variable time communicated in recruiter emails, any candidate would expect an extra 15 minutes if they are just a step away from a perfect solution.
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The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the TikTok Software Engineer/SRE role in San Francisco, California.
TikTok's interview process for their Software Engineer/SRE roles in San Francisco, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for TikTok's Software Engineer/SRE interview process in San Francisco, California.