I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Bellevue, WA) in Jan 2025
Interview
First round was a Hackerrank OA.
After clearing that I had 2 back to back interviews.
Both interviews were a mix of resume related questions, technical questions and assessment based on Amazon principles.
Some data structure questions, some ML questions, some deep learning, computer vision questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me to recollect an experience when I had to take a decision on my own.
I was asked basic knowledge in deep learning and machine learning. Also had time of explaining my research. discussed how I can apply my research to the current project. Transformer architecture, bias-var tradeoff, use of positional encoding, long-term dependencies.
HackerRank assessment with solid, fair questions. Communication with the recruiting team was clear and professional throughout the process. I was invited to two additional interviews, one focused on research depth and the other on coding skills.
One phone screen on LeetCode-style medium coding question plus behavioral questions. One loop of three back to back interviews including one round of coding, two rounds of research plus behavioral questions.