TikTok·Software Engineer

TikTok Software Engineer interview experience

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SingaporePosted Jan 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a fairly long sequence of rounds that included both coding and an ML/LLM-focused angle.

The schedule started with an HR screen, then moved into a LeetCode coding interview. After that, there were ML and LLM quiz components, and the final round was with a hiring manager where we discussed my projects along with another ML/LLM quiz.

The context was an order fulfillment team working on regression rather than something like next-token prediction, which made the technical questions feel more specialized than a typical general software engineer pipeline. I also saw the process extend across multiple evaluation points rather than just one or two screens, so it didn’t feel like a quick

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