I applied online through their website and heard from a recruiter about a week later. I had two rounds of interviews both on the same day. HR took quite awhile to reply to me so scheduling the interviews was difficult. The interviews themselves were fine. I met with a CSM (same role I interviewed for) and a BPM. The CSM asked a lot of questions related to programmatic advertising. The BPM had more general questions about why I was interested in TikTok and the brand.

Recruiter screen → Hiring manager → Case + deck creation → Panel interview → Offer stage The interview rounds were structured and professional. The case assignment was clear, and the panel interview went smoothly, although a scheduled grandparent interviewer did not attend and there was no separate grandparent interview afterward. The experience changed at the offer stage. The level proposed did not match the scope discussed throughout the interviews, and the compensation presented was significantly below market for the responsibilities outlined. Requests for clarity on leveling criteria, compensation philosophy, and internal benchmarks were met with vague answers, making it difficult to understand how the offer was determined. The team seemed alright, but the lack of transparency and the large gap between role expectations and the final offer raised concerns about internal alignment. I ultimately declined.