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Recruiter Chaos, a Skipped OA, and a Data Modeling Round With No Code

TikTokData Engineer · Technical Screen · Sep 2025

I interviewed for a data engineer role on one of the teams under USDS. The questions were pretty weak, so I'll focus mostly on the process instead. Right now I've just finished one HR round plus three Zoom call interviews. First, I had a friend at TikTok (not on the USDS team) refer me for a bunch of positions, but I only got one rejection back — no response on any of the rest. Then, almost a mon…

Shared by a candidate · reported Sep 2025. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.