I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Edinburgh, Scotland) in Aug 2022
Interview
one telephone interview and one 5-hours on-site interview, the on-site interview includes 5 rounds, each being accessed by different people in different aspect. One is about machine breadth, one is about my research (machine learning depth), one is a coding test, one is related to Amazon ads product and final one is assessed by a bar raiser
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
write code to rank imdb films
question relate to invent and simplify and ownership
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.