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?
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.