Applied Scientist Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 72% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Applied Scientist Intern roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 123 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Applied Scientist Intern according to 123 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 25%
Phone interview: 23%
One on one interview: 23%
Background check: 8%
Presentation: 7%
Personality test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 2%
Group panel interview: 2%
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I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Amazon in Sep 2021
Interview
Applied through college, first round was DSA and coding interview followed by a ML interview.
In the DSA I was asked to coding questions and 4-5 questions on implementation of some data structures
The ML round involved discussion on projects mentioned in resume and required in depth knowledge of the key concepts
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Question 1
In the DSA I was asked to coding questions and 4-5 questions on implementation of some data structures
The ML round involved discussion on projects mentioned in resume and required in depth knowledge of the key concepts
I was asked basic knowledge in deep learning and machine learning. Also had time of explaining my research. discussed how I can apply my research to the current project. Transformer architecture, bias-var tradeoff, use of positional encoding, long-term dependencies.
HackerRank assessment with solid, fair questions. Communication with the recruiting team was clear and professional throughout the process. I was invited to two additional interviews, one focused on research depth and the other on coding skills.
One phone screen on LeetCode-style medium coding question plus behavioral questions. One loop of three back to back interviews including one round of coding, two rounds of research plus behavioral questions.