Recruiter reach out on Linkedin; Scheduled an interview 2 weeks later consisting of a leetcode problem. I got rejected one day after the first interview and was informed that the position was filled.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Discuss about a past project; A medium level dynamic programming problem
I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at TikTok (San Jose, CA) in Sep 2025
Interview
past project discussion (dive deeper to the detail implementation and ask the reason to do certain experiments or design certain algorithms)
ml questions (basic ml + NLP)
leetcode (usually dp and two pointers)
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at TikTok in Jul 2025
Interview
The interview is comprised of a resume interview. Followed by dig in from the resume asking about Machine Learning/LLM questions. Then, it is thecode heavy portions including Machine Learning related coding and Leetcode.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Solve N queen problem. How many possible ways are there?