J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 4 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez TikTok (San Jose, CA) en sept. 2024
Entretien
Two rounds of interviews.
Both started with resume reviews on ML projects and answered questions related to TT's businesses. There is a medium-level lc problem afterward.
I passed both of them but have been ghosted by HR for 3 weeks.
The last email says they are still considering my application.
J'ai postulé via un recruteur. J'ai passé un entretien chez TikTok (San Jose, CA) en févr. 2026
Entretien
The interview was 45 mins. The interviewer was friendly and responsive. It started with 15 mins introducing yourself with backgrounds and experiences. Then it's 20 mins live coding (one leetcode question). And final 10 mins open-ended question.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
What is some classical recommendation system architectures?
J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 3 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez TikTok (Singapour) en mai 2025
Entretien
2 round technical, 1 round conversational, 1 round talk with HR. Technical interview revolves around statistical language modelling coding, LLM fine tuning knowledge and SQL. Not difficult but need wide range of knowledge
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
What methods are used to increase token throughput of LLM inference without sacrificing ability?
J'ai postulé via un recruteur. J'ai passé un entretien chez TikTok (San Jose, CA) en mai 2025
Entretien
They began with questions based on my resume, asking about my projects and their impact. Then we moved on to a couple of easy algorithm problems—binary search and a combinations question you can find on LeetCode. Finally, given my background, they asked a few machine learning questions focused on recent work