I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at TikTok (Seattle, WA) in Oct 2025
Interview
45 mins resume deep dive about my previous applied scientist intern and 10 mins leetcode medium question. The scope is a match (supply chain), but they are looking for people with LLM skills.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about your applied scientist intern project.
three rounds, each has coding + ml basic + resume related questions
understand all the details in resume is important, since might go very deep down the project you have worked on
The first round was mainly a CV walkthrough.
The second round focused in depth on one specific project.
Both rounds also included LeetCode medium-level problems.
The third round was with the hiring manager with both project and problems for their business.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at TikTok (San Jose, CA) in Mar 2026
Interview
one hour first round tiktok usds phone screen interview. past projects questions, leetcode mid questions, and machine learning, deep learning, large language model questions. And then ask the interviewer questions.
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