First a phone interview asking about ML breadth. Followed up with a virtual onsite. The virtual onsite is very overwhelming. I would say I don't enjoy the virtual experience compared to actual onsite. Overall it is good, but one of the interviewer apparently doesn't like his job and keeps complaining, which isn't a good sign
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Question 1
Lots of behavioral questions, e.g. how do you resolve a conflict?
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.