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      Research Scientist Interview

      Feb 22, 2021
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Amazon

      Interview

      2 technical rounds based on past research and graduate statistics and optimization courses. Lat few questions were behavioral based on Leadership principles. Both interviews went well but never received feedback about why I was turned down.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Newsvendor model, Convex Optimization algorithms, Leetcode easy
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      Research Scientist Interview

      Mar 7, 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Seattle, WA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA)

      Interview

      I had a zoom call with the hiring manager. I was asked technical questions during the interview, such as "How do you compute the conditional median of a set of data points?"

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      If u ~ Uniform(0, 1), what is the distribution of -log(u)? Solution: Expontial(1).
      Answer question

      Research Scientist Interview

      Feb 17, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      San Francisco, CA
      Accepted offer
      Neutral experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Amazon (San Francisco, CA)

      Interview

      Five interviews, all had behavioral components, three coding questions, one system design question. The behavioral questions were of the form "Tell me about a time when..." and were meant to reflect Amazon's Leadership Principles.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Tell me about a time when you were unhappy with the status quo
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      Research Scientist Interview

      Jan 15, 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      San Francisco, CA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Amazon (San Francisco, CA)

      Interview

      Pretty fast and well-organized interview process. Scheduling was easy, communication of different interview expectations was clear, and feedback came quickly after each stage, which made the overall experience quite smooth.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      ML Algorithm + fundamental LLM concepts
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