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%
Personality test: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Drug test: 2%
Other: 1%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (New York, NY) in May 2020
Interview
Started with an interview with the hiring team, that included a technical screen. Their recruiter put me forward for the wrong position, I went into the interview knowing I would not get it (everyone seems to have PHDs). But the people were very nice and humble.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Tell us about past experience. What algorithms you used, what were the parameters, why did you go with that method?
2. Write a function to estimate probability of die rolls
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.