Applied Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Applied Scientist roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Applied Scientist according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 60%
Presentation: 20%
Skills test: 20%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Jun 2025
Interview
recruiter intro call (30 mins): introducing role, team
initial screen: (45 mins)- 2 DSA questions leetcode hard related to strings and arrays.
Overall Impression: Prepare hard but you might also need luck.
Phone screen interview
Then onsite interviews: 5 interviews two on coding and three on science and a tech talk
You choose a topic for the presentation
The science interviews are: one on science depth, one on science breath and one on science applications
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Question on optimizers; comparing gradient decent, adam optimizer etc
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.
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