I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Oct 2024
Interview
First round answer questions via email with the recruiter.
Second round easy interview with sister team.
Final round consisted of 3 rounds of interviews. Two with scientists on the team, and one with a barraiser.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Case study to predict if a user will stay or leave a telecommunication company.
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.