I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Jan 2017
Interview
I interviewed on the phone covering things in my CV, open-ended research problems and coding test. The interview lasted about an hour. I later received a rejection. The whole process took about three weeks from application to interview decision.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Designing recommendation system for amazon website, model choices, evaluation criteria, and reasons why these would be the best choice.
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.