I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Sunnyvale, CA) in Mar 2024
Interview
Initially I applied to the position on Amazon's official website. I received an invitation to a coding test after 3 weeks, After another 3 weeks, I had video interview with the Data Science team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What experience do you have in database structure?
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.