Research Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at TikTok with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 37.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok (Mountain View, CA) in Mar 2022
Interview
Applied online. A recruiter reached out within a day. Then there erew two 2 rounds. First was 2 technical interviews (coding, ML), second was with hiring manager (system design, ML, behavioral).
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LeetCode easy/medium. ML fundamentals. Deep Learning domain specific and recent research questions.
I am a PhD and they asked a bachelor guy to interview me, stupid questions like asking me to solve his own project problems. Overall not a good interview if you are looking for a deep research oriented group
Standard process: introduction + technical screening + 4x 1 hour interview + follow-up with hiring manager Technical screening was a mix of domain knowledge + leetcode interview, also in the area. 4 hours interview were on 4 different subjects relevant to my team. Rather Average difficulty. On two interviews, I had leetcode problems to solve
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Knapsack problem, but in the context of the domain
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at TikTok (Singapore) in Aug 2023
Interview
Three rounds of technical interviews, including introducing your research, publications, and the online code test (leetcode). Each round of interveiws takes about 1 hour, and the results generally releases within three work days after the interviews.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
What's your research experience in computer vision?