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The coding assessment was an easy problem consisting of using a dictionary. On ML breadth and depth, I was posed with a problem and was asked for a solution, discussing data, modelling and evaluations. Interviewer would stop and ask me to go deep on whatever algorithmic solution I would propose (e.g. talk about attention mechanism in Transformers). The behavioural questions consisted of past situations in my working experience, where I should link what I did to the leadership principles of the company.
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Applied Scientist Intern

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5
Dec 12, 2025

The coding assessment was an easy problem consisting of using a dictionary. On ML breadth and depth, I was posed with a problem and was asked for a solution, discussing data, modelling and evaluations. Interviewer would stop and ask me to go deep on whatever algorithmic solution I would propose (e.g. talk about attention mechanism in Transformers). The behavioural questions consisted of past situations in my working experience, where I should link what I did to the leadership principles of the company.

Technical rounds were on ML, and previous project experience. It involved basics of transformer, and understanding of each function. ‘If you have a task where order of words/ tokens didn’t matter, how would you train for it?’
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Applied Scientist

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5
Jan 16, 2026

Technical rounds were on ML, and previous project experience. It involved basics of transformer, and understanding of each function. ‘If you have a task where order of words/ tokens didn’t matter, how would you train for it?’

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