I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (New York, NY) in Feb 2020
Interview
Phone round interview:
10 mins introduce yourself and bq questions like Tell the story of the last time you had to apologize to someone.
20 mins on the resume about project
20 mins machine learning concept
10 mins coding. Compare two strings
Last Q&A.
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 (Tokyo) 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.