TikTok Site Reliability Engineer Interview
Questions & Process
What 50 candidates said about the rounds, the
questions and how long the wait really is.
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Questions candidates reported
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“Difference between VM and container?”
Read reports →“Explain the DNS lookup process.”
Read reports →“What is the OSI model?”
Read reports →“What is an error budget?”
Read reports →“design a/b test”
Read report →“What is SRE?”
Read report →“Describe a networking concept.”
Read report →“Can you communicate in Chinese?”
Read report →“Tell me about your resume.”
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The interview process
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“The first part was a typical coding challenge, where the goal was to solve two problems in the given time. The second part made me wonder about my performance. They were supposed to ask about Linux basics and networking, but networking didn't come up much. I wasn't sure if my answers were correct.”Candidate-reported process
“First, I had a recruiter screening call. Then, a Senior Software Engineer gave me a LeetCode medium question. After that, I had an interview with the Hiring Manager where I was asked LeetCode and system design questions. Finally, there was a behavioral interview.”Candidate-reported process
“it was a pleasure to be interviewed. there were three stages with less than a week between them. interviewers were very smart and polite. questions were common and easy if you prepared a little.”Candidate-reported processMore reports lockedRead 300+ more interview experiences
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