I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon in Jan 2021
Interview
Recruiter call, followed by 2 phone screens. Rejected after the second phone screen. First phone screen involved resume based questions and one coding question (leetcode easy/medium). Second phone screen involved basic ML/DL questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
First phone screen - Half hour resume/ML based questions, Half hour leetcode easy/medium. Question was based on nested dictionary iteration.
Second phone screen - Resume, Basic ML/DL questions.
Secon
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.