Good Benefits, Bad Culture/WLB
Good Benefits, Bad Culture/WLB
Lenient travel policy, nice SJ office, high visibility projects.
Intense, almost exclusive collaboration with Asia teams.
No support for personal growth.
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Data Engineer
I applied through an employee referral. The process took two weeks. There were three rounds in total. Every round included a deep dive into the resume, foundation questions, two to three coding questions, and behavioral questions. The process was ov
Data Engineer
The HR screening was smooth, but the interviewer later kept asking something that I didn't really understand. Overall, the experience wasn't good. I hope I meet a nicer recruiter next time. That's the reason I give a down thumb on this experience.
Data Engineer
1. First round: basic questions like "Walk me through your past work experience" and "Why do you want to join TikTok?" 2. Second round: discuss Hadoop, Spark... and 1 SQL (optimize query), 1 Python (string question).
Data Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesApril 18, 2026I applied through an employee referral. The process took two weeks. There were three rounds in total. Every round included a deep dive into the resume, foundation questions, two to three coding questions, and behavioral questions. The process was ov
Data Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesJune 28, 2026The HR screening was smooth, but the interviewer later kept asking something that I didn't really understand. Overall, the experience wasn't good. I hope I meet a nicer recruiter next time. That's the reason I give a down thumb on this experience.
Data Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesMay 1, 20241. First round: basic questions like "Walk me through your past work experience" and "Why do you want to join TikTok?" 2. Second round: discuss Hadoop, Spark... and 1 SQL (optimize query), 1 Python (string question).
