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.
Accepted offer
Positive experience
Average interview
Application
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2025
Interview
The overall interview process is good. They let me introduce my project first and raised questions on some concepts of my project. Then they asked me the behavior questions about one difficulty I have faced and how I dealt with it. They asked about ML questions with medium difficulty
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Question about how to select the subset of the features and I answered by LASSO or ridge penalty. They asked how to find the parameter, I answered by the cross validation.
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.