Sr. Applied Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sr. Applied Scientist roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 3 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 Sr. Applied Scientist according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
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Two phone screen interviews
Discussion and deep dive into domain knowledge for both of them, second interview had one coding question in addition about weighted random number generator, then followed by insite loop interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
coding question about weighted random number generator
- Coding Round: 1 coding question on Binary Search
- Technical Round: Lots of questions on ML and DL
- Case Study: Related to product development
- Project Discussion: Current project and what are the challenges faced. Also, some of the relevant older projects
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon (Boston, MA) in Apr 2025
Interview
Online screen with coding exercise and behavioral questions.
Then onsite loop interviews with presentations, various coding exercise (including DFS), a ML system design questions, depth and breadth knowledge questions, and a ton of behavioral questions.