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 in May 2020
Interview
1 - Applied Online
2 - Got an email informing that they would like to phone interview me. I had to select the time slots that worked for me.
3 - 1st Phone Interview. Technical + Leadership Principle Questions + Brief programming question. 50min to 1h.
4 - Got another email informing that they would like to phone interview me again. I had to select the time slots that worked for me again.
4 - 2nd Phone Interview. Pure Technical Questions + Programming Task. 50min to 1h.
5 - Received an email saying that "we have decided to progress with other candidates for this role"
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
Tell me techniques for reducing overfitting in Machine Learning Methods
Leadership Principle Questions:
-Tell me a time when you had to take a decision in a short time.
-Tell me a time when you disagreed with your manager.
-Tell me a time when you gave a simple solution to a complex problem
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.