I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Mar 2017
Interview
Applied online and was contacted for a couple of 45 minute phone interview process. Both were very similar - technical and behavioral type questions. Both the interviewers were very friendly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe some criterion for model selection? Why is dimension reduction important?
Applied for Amazon AGI. After first round, it will go into full round of multiple interviews. Lots of modern LLM training technic questions. There are still some behavioral questions, but less than general Amazon roles.
Interviewed with 1 phone screen, 1 coding, 2 ml design and 2 lp rounds. Most questions were non-leetcode questions more related to day to day ml implementations. The questions were very practical.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Tokyo) in Apr 2026
Interview
The interview for the Applied Scientist position primarily focused on three core components: technical questions regarding machine learning, a live coding assessment, and a detailed review of my professional experience.