interviewer was unprofessional, knows nothing about machine learning. I don’t know why they send a back end engineer to interview ML candidates. I did pass the coding quiz, but still got rejected. I spent lot of time for preparing,Just a waste of time.
J'ai passé un entretien chez TikTok (San Jose, CA)
Entretien
three rounds, each has coding + ml basic + resume related questions
understand all the details in resume is important, since might go very deep down the project you have worked on
The first round was mainly a CV walkthrough.
The second round focused in depth on one specific project.
Both rounds also included LeetCode medium-level problems.
The third round was with the hiring manager with both project and problems for their business.
J'ai postulé via un recruteur. Le processus a pris 1 semaine. J'ai passé un entretien chez TikTok (San Jose, CA) en mars 2026
Entretien
one hour first round tiktok usds phone screen interview. past projects questions, leetcode mid questions, and machine learning, deep learning, large language model questions. And then ask the interviewer questions.