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3935 interview stories from candidates at 857 companies: how each round went, what was asked and how it ended. Every company page links to practice questions in the same style.
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- TikTok Shop Software Engineer Interview Experience: A disputed reasoning pathTikTok Shop · Software Engineer · Technical Screen · Jul 2026
I started strongly in the sense that I solved the main LeetCode problem as well as I could, but the interview quickly became uncomfortable. The interviewer kept pulling me into the details of what I said and how I justified it. What threw me off was that, after I gave what felt like a solid answer, the interviewer pushed a sub-optimal approach as the right direction. The repeated follow-ups made…
- TikTok Shop Software Engineer interview: coding explanations and detailed follow-upsTikTok Shop · Software Engineer · Technical Screen · Jul 2026
After a recruiter call, I went through a short series of online interviews. We started with my background and projects, then moved to a medium LeetCode-style question. I had to explain my approach and why I'd chosen it. The interviewer kept returning to the details, almost walking through every step again, and I grew more nervous as the questions continued. The coding itself felt manageable. When…
- TikTok Shop Software Engineer interview: KPI, SQL and incident scenariosTikTok Shop · Software Engineer · Technical Screen · Jul 2026
The interviewer first asked whether I had questions, then I gave a brief introduction. It quickly turned into a question about setting KPIs for the role, followed by troubleshooting and incident scenarios about user tickets. I was asked how I would investigate a page that would not load for a person new to the platform, what early signs could point to an access-permission cause, and how I would i…
- TikTok Shop Software Engineer interview: scheduling issues and timed OATikTok Shop · Software Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026
The process got off to a bad start with scheduling problems that kept moving things around. I felt as though I was always waiting for someone else to show up, and that disruption carried into the technical portion. The assessment had an array medium question and a tougher trie problem with about 45 minutes total. I finished the array question in roughly the first quarter of that time, but the tri…