I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
Got an email from the recruiter. Went over my background etc. Had a technical interview for 1 hour. Started with a brief introduction about myself and went on to discuss a project in detail. Didn't make it to onsite
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Deep dive into one class classification, general ML question boosting vs random forest etc.
Coding- Largest palindrome in a string
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.