I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at TikTok (Singapore) in Nov 2024
Interview
Technical Interview: Recruiter went through resume and asked to further describe the experiences. Afterwards, went through one leetcode question which totals 45 mins. Interview was based on hackerrank and question was about linked-lists.
I applied online. I interviewed at TikTok (Singapore) in Nov 2025
Interview
First, they will ask you a lot of technical questions about your previous projects. They give you a LeetCode question to answer. The time given to figure out the answer is very short; you are expected to be very familiar with different types of questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you tell me the difference between symmetric encryption and asymmetric encryption, and compare them in terms of efficiency, usage, etc.