I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Aug 2020
Interview
Two rounds of interview. First was a coding round - dynamic programming. Second round was on machine learning depth and breadth. Very knowledgeable interviewers in both rounds, helped with any doubts along the way
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Previous projects, ML depth and breadth questions.
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 (Tokio) 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.