Data Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Scientist roles take an average of 1 day to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Data Scientist according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 50%
Presentation: 50%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
A Behavioral Interview using the STAR method A Take Home assignment on a Data science project Technical interview by a technical team Human resource round by the Human resource team
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Explain me a challenging situation you faced at work and how you handles it ?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Sep 2022
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2 technical rounds mainly focused on leetcode. 1 was medium 2nd was hard. Cleared both with optimal approaches and discussed system architecture concepts. Each round lasted 1 hour with last 5 mins on behavioral questions 2-3 each. And then ghosted. Atleast have the courtesy to send rejection email. They mention and focus too much on principles and follow none.
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Coding questions Behavioral questions focused on amazon principles
SQL round and then 5 hr final round The final round is the combination of past experience, machine learning knowledge, leadership principles and coding interview Be ready to solve leetcode (software engineering) python question even though you are interviewing for a data scientist role
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Many questions regarding xgboost, random forest and lightGBM Many questions regarding Leadership Principles that you can look up online