Life in TikTok, San Jose
Life in TikTok, San Jose
High and cash-heavy compensation.
If you come in as a 2-2, that's your ceiling; forget about promotion.
First off, the hierarchy is super flat. My manager, a 3-1, has 27 direct reports.
Not only that, the company continuously transfers tech leads from China here for cost and functional efficiency.
If you want to do US closed loop, just do it already.
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Senior Software Engineer
The hiring manager was quite junior and could only ask superficial technical questions, limited to LeetCode coding problems. The company appears to expect engineers to work like robots, as some pre-screening interviews utilize robotic monitoring of c
Senior Software Engineer
My technical interview was pushed back for three entire months. They even tried to have me interview in the middle of the night. The interviewer was not helpful whatsoever and spoke in seemingly randomly pieced-together sentences. I hear the work c
Senior Software Engineer
3 Rounds total: * 1 coding round * 1 SD + coding round * 1 BQ round Great interviewers, but a bad hiring process. I signed the offer, but it was later rescinded due to obvious excuses from their hiring department.
Senior Software Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesJune 17, 2024The hiring manager was quite junior and could only ask superficial technical questions, limited to LeetCode coding problems. The company appears to expect engineers to work like robots, as some pre-screening interviews utilize robotic monitoring of c
Senior Software Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesOctober 1, 2024My technical interview was pushed back for three entire months. They even tried to have me interview in the middle of the night. The interviewer was not helpful whatsoever and spoke in seemingly randomly pieced-together sentences. I hear the work c
Senior Software Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesJune 1, 20243 Rounds total: * 1 coding round * 1 SD + coding round * 1 BQ round Great interviewers, but a bad hiring process. I signed the offer, but it was later rescinded due to obvious excuses from their hiring department.
