Technical Screen

Resume Grilling Turns Into a Surprise 30-Minute Hotel Booking System Design

TikTokSoftware Engineer · Technical Screen · Nov 2025

It started with a self-introduction, then 20 minutes of the interviewer grilling my resume — almost no rote trivia questions, mostly project-related questions, and the interviewer asked at a very high level. Then, very abruptly, I was told I had to spend the remaining thirty minutes finishing a system design question, any diagramming tool I wanted, and I had to share my screen. The functional req…

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