Research Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Research Scientist roles take an average of 32 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Research Scientist according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 33%
Phone interview: 22%
Drug test: 11%
One on one interview: 11%
Group panel interview: 11%
Background check: 11%
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I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Nov 2018
Interview
This is the second phone interview. The interviewer covered a lot of Machine learning knowledge. as well as the basic difference between methods. He / She also gave several case to analysis and propose your own solution, including model and feature solution, he will also give some limitation. And you need to give your tradeoff of your method.
I had a zoom call with the hiring manager. I was asked technical questions during the interview, such as "How do you compute the conditional median of a set of data points?"
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If u ~ Uniform(0, 1), what is the distribution of -log(u)? Solution: Expontial(1).
Five interviews, all had behavioral components, three coding questions, one system design question. The behavioral questions were of the form "Tell me about a time when..." and were meant to reflect Amazon's Leadership Principles.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you were unhappy with the status quo
Pretty fast and well-organized interview process. Scheduling was easy, communication of different interview expectations was clear, and feedback came quickly after each stage, which made the overall experience quite smooth.