I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (New York, NY) in Nov 2022
Interview
Very friendly. Round 1 - coding assessment medium , virtual interview round with scientist. Applied through Amazon jobs. In 2 days I got a email for coding assessment. After assessment automatically scheduled for interview
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.