I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Feb 2025
Interview
2 rounds focused on behavioral questions and technical questions around ML basics, RL. The interview then gave me an open-ended problem related to my research area and asked me how I would address it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me how you tackled a difficult situation at work?Have you worked on any impactful projects?
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.