timeline?

[lean bough]

can i ask timeline for tiktok?

[sage kite]

applied 8/8, OA 8/14, r1 9/4, r2 9/16, recruiter call 9/25, offer call today

[lean bough]

thanks! which team if u dont mind me asking

[sage kite]

search architecture

[icy knoll]

holy u made it out

[trail leaf]

wait is recruiter call final round?

or is r2 coding final round

[sage kite]

r2 coding is final, the recruiter call was like 10 minutes to confirm logistics and stuff

and ig to check whether i know chinese 💀

[worldly moth]

do yk chinese?

[sage kite]

yeah

[worldly moth]

im cooked

i had final 9/16 havent heard back

not chinese

[trail leaf]

Oh shittttt so r2 is final

I see

[trail leaf]

Bruhhhh

That’s crazy 😭

Did ur interviewers talk to u in Chinese after the interview lol

[sage kite]

nah not the interviewers

[trail leaf]

Mine went “oh now the interview is over, we can talk in Chinese now”

[sage kite]

just the recruiter talked in chinese for a bit

oh damn LOL

[trail leaf]

o i see

Congrats

R u gonna take it

[sage kite]

tyty

it depends

[trail leaf]

Do yk if we can push to fall?

[sage kite]

probably, ik they do offer fall internships

[trail leaf]

🙏🏻🙏🏻

Hopefully

[sage kite]

i asked to talk to my intern manager

i want a ml engineering project

if i cant get that im not going to take offer

[tacit orchid]

Lmao so they really ask

Lmfao

Congrats!

[sage kite]

tyty

[sage kite]

well it was kinda casual

like the recruiter at the start of the call was like

“你在你简历上说你会说中文，你想和我讲中文还是英文？“

and i said either is ok but we gradually switched to english

ty

i finally made it out 🙏

[jovial widget]

sooo gmiiii

[trail leaf]

Ah i see

[jovial widget]

u can finally be done dooming muy

[sage kite]

well

[trail leaf]

I don’t rly want to go to TikTok cuz of 996

And China work culture

[sage kite]

oh makes sense

[trail leaf]

😢

But will be nice for internship

[sage kite]

don't worry i'll always be doing

[trail leaf]

But it’s my last internship

[sage kite]

ahh ic

it's my second last

[trail leaf]

Damn sophomore getting TikTok

Cracked

[sage kite]

so i was thinking if i can get a ml engineering project at tiktok, it'll help me transition to the ml side of the industry, plus give a well known tech name on my resume

[sage kite]

*junior lol

im doing a masters that's why i have another year

[jovial widget]

wait till u see when muy got last year

[jovial widget]

ml would be tuffff

muy are u doing pin ml

[sage kite]

charlie orz

[sage kite]

pin?

[jovial widget]

pinterest

[sage kite]

ohh

their ml internship is masters only no?

so i didnt apply

i havent officially applied to my masters yet

[trail leaf]

O_O

[jovial widget]

i've been claiming masters since junior year lol

[sage kite]

LOL

[jovial widget]

technically been enrolled? idp

[sage kite]

wait are you officially in the masters program?

if u are thats fine

[jovial widget]

yeah concurrent

[sage kite]

ah ic

[jovial widget]

muy when u pass all the finals which offer are u taking

are u out of quant procs?

[sage kite]

i have jane street and virtu procs left

i'm gonna try to expedite but idk if that's feasible

[sage kite]

we'll see

i think if i get js qt im still gonna take that

[jovial widget]

makes sense

are u qt now?

[sage kite]

wdym by now?

i was qt this mot recent summer

[jovial widget]

recruiting for qt now

oh

[sage kite]

ohh

[jovial widget]

for some reason i thought u were qr

[sage kite]

i did yeah

oh nah

sophomore 5r qr would be insane

[jovial widget]

fr

[sage kite]

(actually we did have one this year lol, the rest were grad students)

[jovial widget]

orz

[quick socket]

How long to hear back after stripe r1

[tranquil loom]

What’s a vo

Verbal offer?

[sage kite]

virtual onsite