SWE Intern Interview Experience - San Jose, California
Process
I received the OA for the 9/10-9/15 round.
The questions in the same round are the same.
I took the OA on October 15th.
I couldn't write the query for the MySQL question.
Two weeks after the OA, I received the first round of interviews.
Questions
There are two multiple-choice questions and three coding challenges.
The first coding challenge is a MySQL question.
The second involves finding an encoded string with the smallest distance to all strings in an array.
The third question is to minimize video distortion given a string of frames.
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Interview Statistics
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Success Rate
TikTok's interview process for their SWE Intern roles in San Jose, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for TikTok's SWE Intern interview process in San Jose, California.
TikTok Work Experiences
- 4.0Great Place to StartSWE Intern • Current EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesJuly 4, 2025Pros: Fast-paced environment and focused groups.Cons: A lot of documents in Mandarin.
- 5.0Challenging Work, Too Much EffortSWE Intern • Former EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesFebruary 4, 2022Pros: Good food and challenging work.Cons: A lot of work and less holidays.
- 4.0Heavily team dependentSWE Intern • Former EmployeeSingapore, SingaporeOctober 8, 2023Pros: You learn a lot, as the environment is very fast-paced.Cons: Difficult and laborious interview process with long waits in between rounds.
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