I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
I got an email from a recruiter asking my interest on working at Amazon. (I don't know how he knew my contact). I sent my resume and was setup for 2 phone screening interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The interviewer was team manager and explained what his team is doing. After that, he asked me on my previous projects. He explained one of the projects his team is working on and asked me how to solve some specific problems related to the project.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon in Oct 2016
Interview
Data structure and algorithms. The phone interview lasts for 40 minutes. No questions on my background and research. All questions are about data structure and algorithm. Then online coding session. Only one question about 3 sum from 3 arrays. How to find three element from 3 arrays that have sum of 0. What's the time complexity and space complexity of your algorithm.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The difference of linked list and array. Time complexity of deleting and adding an element to linked list and array.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
i have been referred by a friend. HR called me after 2-3 days and set up an interview with one of the Data Scientists for next week. The interview took 1 hour and he asked about 10 questions, mostly fundamental questions. The interviewer was ok, not so friendly though. still waiting for their feedback.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
how do you choose the best model among all possible models?
explain neural network
assumptions of linear regression model
if you have large number of predictors how to you handle them??
what if you have large number of positive observation vs few number of negative observations?