Is it hard to get hired as a Senior Applied Scientist at Amazon?

Senior Applied Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 2.8 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 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.

How long does it take to get hired as a Senior Applied Scientist at Amazon?

Candidates applying for Senior Applied Scientist roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 12 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 28 days.

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based on 19 ratings - Updated Jun 26, 2026

Average interview difficulty

Mixed interview experience

How others got an interview

62%
Applied online
Applied online
23%
Recruiter
Recruiter
15%
Employee Referral
Employee Referral

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19 interviews

Senior Applied Scientist Interview

Jun 26, 2026

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA)

Interview

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

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Senior Applied Scientist Interview

Apr 12, 2026

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Negative experience

Average interview

Application

I interviewed at Amazon (New York, NY)

Interview

- 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

Senior Applied Scientist Interview

Jan 30, 2026

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Neutral experience

Difficult interview

Application

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.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Design a Github Copilot agent.

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