I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at TikTok (San Jose, CA)
Interview
Final round: Resume deep dive, implement attention (transformer), leetcode medium.
The interview question is not hard. You just need to prepare and review the fundamental ML models and their implementation code.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Final round: Resume deep dive, implement attention (transformer), leetcode medium.
Started with a recruiter screen with simple checks. Then went through 3 rounds of interviews. First 2 rounds were live coding with deep dive on previous projects. 2nd round went really deep of every previous work I did from MLE perspective with being questioned of every possible decision choice. Last was interview with team manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Recommendation system questions. Coding problems were I remember leetcode medium level.
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