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      Backend Engineer Interview

      13 Feb 2023
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Singapore
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through university. I interviewed at TikTok (Singapore) in Jan 2023

      Interview

      Very smooth. I went though 3 technical interview rounds. First 2 rounds with team members, and the last one with the team lead. Each round consisted of one programming question, and several open-ended questions.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What is Autoboxing in Java? Difference between Java and Golang?
      Answer question

      Other Backend Engineer interview reviews for TikTok

      Backend Engineer Interview

      4 Mar 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Declined offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at TikTok

      Interview

      3x leetcode medium with some behavioral mixed in. Hiring manager round asked a bunch of behavioral stuff and gave 15min at the end to do leetcode mediu. All leetcode asked were on the harder side of medium.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Leetcode medium 3x, tech trivia, behaviorals
      Answer question

      Backend Engineer Interview

      28 Feb 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at TikTok

      Interview

      The interview process consisted of an initial HR screening followed by a technical interview with the engineering team. The technical round focused on backend fundamentals, including data structures, system design basics, and problem-solving questions. There was also discussion about past projects and experience. The interviewer was very nice, professional, and made the conversation comfortable and engaging. Overall, the process was smooth and well-structured.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Why are you interesed to work with this company?
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      Backend Engineer Interview

      14 Mar 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at TikTok in Nov 2025

      Interview

      3 technical rounds. started off with HR call then first interview was a resume deep dive and med LC question, second was a hard LC question, third was a systems design question. finally, a HR call to negotiate.

      Interview questions [2]

      Question 1

      leet code on binary search tree algorithm
      Answer question

      Question 2

      leet code on SSSP graph
      Answer question