Candidates applying for Software Developer roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at TikTok overall takes an average of 32 days.
Common stages of the interview process at TikTok as a Software Developer according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 50%
Other: 50%
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Normal interview, nothing special. First introduce yourself, then doing interview, then ask questions. They asked me a hard leetcode question and a medium question. I did them but failed the interview
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They asked me a hard leetcode question and a medium question. I did them but failed the interview
Interviewer was friendly. Talk about some system concepts to check my understanding.
Went on to a 15-20 coding round. Not much hint was given except the fact that its a dynamic programming question.
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How to increase throughput for event driven system when traffic is high
I applied online. I interviewed at TikTok (San Jose, CA) in Sep 2025
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A brief self-introduction first, and then detailed questions about my projects on my resume, followed by a LeetCode hard question. Then, some behavioral questions about how to handle the request from other teams.
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Detailed questions about my projects on my resume, and then a LeetCode hard question