I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Cambridge, England) in Jan 2021
Interview
Contacted by the recruiter about a month after I submitted the application. and put in an interview with two of their employees, it seem a bit mismatch in the interview the interviewer does not seems know my research area so become difficult to communicate.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked the my research and asked to solve a clustering problem.
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.