They gave money and hired a lot.
Culture and work-life balance
4 rounds in total: * 1 round with HR (15-30 minutes) * 2 rounds of tech interview (each 1 hour with medium-hard LC, ML questions, system design) * 1 final round (behavioral questions, about 1 hour)
45 mins resume deep dive about my previous Applied Scientist intern role, and 10 mins for a LeetCode medium question. The scope is a match (supply chain), but they are looking for people with LLM skills.
1. Application & Recruiter Screen Format: 30–45 min phone or video call Focus: Your background, motivation for TikTok, "Always Day 1" culture fit, plus 1–2 high-level ML questions (e.g., supervised vs. unsupervised learning, evaluation metrics). 2
4 rounds in total: * 1 round with HR (15-30 minutes) * 2 rounds of tech interview (each 1 hour with medium-hard LC, ML questions, system design) * 1 final round (behavioral questions, about 1 hour)
45 mins resume deep dive about my previous Applied Scientist intern role, and 10 mins for a LeetCode medium question. The scope is a match (supply chain), but they are looking for people with LLM skills.
1. Application & Recruiter Screen Format: 30–45 min phone or video call Focus: Your background, motivation for TikTok, "Always Day 1" culture fit, plus 1–2 high-level ML questions (e.g., supervised vs. unsupervised learning, evaluation metrics). 2