Senior Data Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 37% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Data Scientist roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 27 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 Senior Data Scientist according to 27 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
One on one interview: 23%
Skills test: 15%
Group panel interview: 10%
Presentation: 8%
Background check: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Drug test: 2%
Other: 2%
Personality test: 2%
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Tokyo) in Apr 2022
Interview
Interviewing for Amazon Japan. Made the first two technical video calls. Overall, positive experience, polite interviewers, and good communication. The only negative is that the process did not start with an HR call but, with companies like Amazon, you can easily find on the internet what to expect.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
SQL test, machine learning questions, optimization business cases (interviewing for a department related to logistics).
Tuvo varios retos, y preguntas sobre la experiencia que tenía en el puesto. Aunque tardaron en llamarme para una entrevista, un aproximado de dos meses y el proceso fue ameno, RH siempre estuvo abierto a preguntas y sobretodo a darle seguimiento
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2026
Interview
The interview takes 1 month, 1st round on 60-min technical screening, 2nd round with 5 team members, hiring manager/skip with each of 60minutes to discuss all aspects of your experience, skills, coding etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
machine learning model concepts, how do you choose one model over another, model evaluation, model application, case study, SQL, python
Nice easy very good i found it so easy it was a great experience i think it was great and solid way to learn by giving interviews also it was so interesting and great it had
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
About data related questions sql and dbms and also some question were from the site