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Machine Learning Engineer Interview Experience
TikTok·Mid Level / L4·Submitted a month ago
United StatesOnsite
Result
Waiting
Interview date
2 months ago
Timespan
3 weeks
Difficulty
Moderate
Interview process
The process generally be good, and enjoyable, not too much difficult. but needs to explain deeply to interviewer.
- Recruiter screen
- Technical interview
- Final round
Interview tips
Just preparing for the leetcode and basic ML should be fine. Especially needs clear language to describe what you needs that.
Company culture
Mostly Chinese, and needs to work overnight; but salary is good.
Questions asked
Question types asked
Specific questions asked
Binary Tree Maximum Path Sum (with path reconstruction).
Classic 'max path sum that may bend at any node' on a binary tree, plus the harder follow-up of reconstructing the actual node sequence — not just the score.
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