Research Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 53% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Research Scientist roles take an average of 31 days to get hired, when considering 96 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Research Scientist according to 96 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 39%
One on one interview: 21%
Skills test: 14%
Presentation: 8%
Background check: 6%
Group panel interview: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Personality test: 3%
Drug test: 2%
Other: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA)
Interview
Very long and not positive at all. It was one of the worst hiring experiences for me. I was in touch with two recruiters who were very slow in responding and none of them told me what the interviews were about. I had two phone interviews and I was told both are technical. None turned out to be technical. On top of that, my second interviewer was extremely rude, would cut me off often, and seemed annoyed. The hiring manager was nice, but the second interviewer seemed too uptight.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical questions about my experience with assessment creation. He was stuck on that part, even though the role was much more broad than that.
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.