I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon (San Francisco, CA) in Jan 2021
Interview
First round with a senior applied scientist, had a very good impression on him since the stuff we did are similar.
Failed at the final Virtual Onsite round, the feedback said that I messed up most of the coding questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Round1: Mostly my project experience and research.
VO: two coding, two machine learning expertise, one system design
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.