J'ai postulé via la recommandation d'un employé. Le processus a pris 1 semaine. J'ai passé un entretien chez TikTok en déc. 2023
Entretien
Summary of the overall poor experience I had:
1. The interviewer hadn't bothered to book a meeting room for the interview
2. The interviewer tried to take the call from a loud communal area (think the kitchen)
3. When I mentioned the level of noise the interviewer told me to "deal with it"
4. I had to push back and tell the interviewer to move to somewhere quiet
5. The interviewer consistently interrupted my answers every couple of sentences of my response - throwing me off
6. I had to keep the interviewer on track during the interview - clarifying if I should move onto subsequent parts of the questions to keep us on time
7. Overall I got the sense that the interviewer hadn't been adequately prepped
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Describe my experience through a project
Recommendation Cold Start problem
Easy LeetCode Question - median from two sorted arrays
Surprisingly straightforward — I expected a tougher challenge for a machine learning role. After a quick recruiter screen, the first technical round focused on implementing K-means clustering, which felt familiar. Handling edge cases for empty clusters was tricky, though. What really helped me prep were the algorithm explanations on PracHub, which gave me confidence going in. The final interviews were a mix of problem-solving and behavioral questions, and in the end, I received an offer that I accepted. Overall, it was a decent experience.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
implementing K-means clustering from scratch and handling empty cluster edge cases
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.