I applied through university. I interviewed at Amazon in Dec 2020
Interview
Get contacted by a university recruiter via INFORMS annual meeting. Submitted application on Amazon careers. I got two one-hour phone interviews scheduled for an Applied scientist summer intern. The recruiter sent me a guide manual about the interview questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Live coding, time series prediction, and general machine learning question.
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.
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