I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Feb 2020
Interview
This interview was for an Applied Scientist II - NLP position. It was a 1-hour phone interview including online coding and some questions for my own research, followed by questions on ML and DL.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
[Online coding question] TwoSum. Return the indice of two numbers that sum up to a given target number.
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.
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