Applied Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Applied Scientist roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 5 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 Applied Scientist according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
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The HR is very unprofessional and obviously does not know what person they are looking for to the department. Always interrupt when I was talking and has no patience.
The department manger is very nice and professional.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Berlin) in Dec 2021
Interview
One phone interview with a senior technical recruiter. She wanted to gauge my interest in an advertised position. My CV received interest from a group, with whom my research has a huge overlap.
She was very friendly, and promptly responded to my emails. I have scheduled the technical interview and waiting on their confirmation email.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The recruiter asked about my background in machine learning and why I am want to switch from academia (currently finalizing my PhD thesis) to the industry. Particularly, why at Amazon.
Coding (insert function etc.) for the first round;
Basic ML questions (e.g., describe the difference between bootstrapping and random forest) and Behavioral questions for the second round.
Results were notified right after the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe your research experiences; Describe your career plan