I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Feb 2019
Interview
I was contacted by an HR recruiter through LinkedIn mid January, had an HR phone screen 1 week later. Then scheduled a technical phone interview (CoderPad style sharing) 2 weeks after.
I had other friends who were applying at the same time and the feedback was that they would ask 1 SQL related question, 1 coding question, and other business problem solving questions. Surprisingly my interview consisted of ALL machine learning questions (11-12 total), those that you can easily find when you search for "DS interview questions". We didn't even bother using the shared screen for coding, nor there were any leadership principal questions.
They didn't extend my candidacy after the phone interview even though I thought I did very good. I actually came out of that phone call thinking I'd be surprised if I didn't pass this round, just from my performance and the interviewer's feedback.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself? Talk about one project that you are most proud of. Cost function in ML, regularization method, classification problems you deal with, how to evaluate ML model, AUC, F-score, random forest, logistic regression, reduce features, how to deal with class imbalance.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2026
Interview
The interview takes 1 month, 1st round on 60-min technical screening, 2nd round with 5 team members, hiring manager/skip with each of 60minutes to discuss all aspects of your experience, skills, coding etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
machine learning model concepts, how do you choose one model over another, model evaluation, model application, case study, SQL, python
Nice easy very good i found it so easy it was a great experience i think it was great and solid way to learn by giving interviews also it was so interesting and great it had
Interview questions [1]
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About data related questions sql and dbms and also some question were from the site
One-hour technical interview focused on Python, no SQL, and core ML fundamentals from past projects, plus behavioral questions emphasizing teamwork; interviewer was friendly, supportive, and helpful throughout the entire session.
Interview questions [1]
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technical round for an hour no sql only python and fundamental ml knowledge form past projects and behaviour focus on team work
