I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at TikTok (San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2020
Interview
Entire interview process took about 2 months consisting of 1 recruiter phone screen, a video interview with another PM in the group, a video interview with the hiring manager, 3-4 video interviews with engineering, and another round of Zoom interviews with other PMs in the group.
The initial screening interviews were a blend of behavioral questions related to my prior work experience and thought experiments on how to apply prior learnings to the core TikTok product feature in question. The interviewers had specific case interview-style questions on decision-making using product sense/data/prior body of work. I had the general sense that they had many potential projects in the pipeline due to the specific nature of some questions and their curiosity in how I'd approach what seemed to be actual situations they were facing in real time.
Overall it was definitely one of the more challenging interview processes, but it was helped along by being open about expectations and the genuine excitement about the platform's momentum I felt from all the interviewers. I had multiple other interview rounds with other companies occurring at the same time with different deadlines, and the recruiting coordinator here really helped figure out how to best navigate timelines as TikTok was my first choice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you assess this feature if you were the product manager on it?
They arranged 3 rounds of interviews with all team members, not the hiring manager. I felt like it was not the typical process because one of them said they were changing the direction of this role.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A really technical case and how to solve the pain point.
There are in total 4rounds including 2 rounds with senior peers and 1 round with +1 and round with HR, not that difficult. But I think the experience match is most important……..
4 interviews
- Recruiter screening
- HM interview
- Peer Interview
- Functional interview
Each round has around 45 minutes. Case and BQ are heavy, and the interviewers will leave 5-10 minutes for questions toward the end of the session
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