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Recruiter Chaos and a Final Round That Ended Before I Wrote Any SQL

TikTokData Engineer · Technical Screen · Sep 2025

I interviewed with a team under USDS for a data engineer role. The questions were really weak, so I'm mainly going to focus on the whole process instead. Right now I've just finished one HR round plus three Zoom call rounds. 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 — never heard anything about the rest. Then, almos…

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