I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
After the initial phone screening round, there are five rounds of interviews, including two coding rounds, an ML application, an ML breadth, and an ML depth. The coding rounds are in LeetCode-style. The ML application is closely related to a use case for the Amazon team. The ML breadth and depth are based on my previous experience. Two leadership principle questions are asked during each round of the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are the research directions for improving upon the CLIP model?
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 (Tokio) 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.