I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Sep 2021
Interview
First interview: 1. The first interviewer kept asking questions about my paper and my research fields. 2. Then she gave me a simple coding question. Second interview: The interview kept asking questions about my research paper and my previous experience.
I was asked basic knowledge in deep learning and machine learning. Also had time of explaining my research. discussed how I can apply my research to the current project. Transformer architecture, bias-var tradeoff, use of positional encoding, long-term dependencies.
HackerRank assessment with solid, fair questions. Communication with the recruiting team was clear and professional throughout the process. I was invited to two additional interviews, one focused on research depth and the other on coding skills.
One phone screen on LeetCode-style medium coding question plus behavioral questions. One loop of three back to back interviews including one round of coding, two rounds of research plus behavioral questions.