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 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Scientist roles take an average of 3 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 29 days.
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Toronto, ON) in Nov 2018
Interview
One hour Phone interview with a senior manager. 25% of the time is about behavioral questions. they are going for details of your response. The rest are questions about coding and machine learning specifically, about 4 to 5 questions. And last 5 minutes I have the chance to ask some questions.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Nov 2018
Interview
2 phone interviews. 2 hours in total. The first one is pure technical question where the second one is pure behavior questions. Did ask The 14 Leadership Principles that Drive Amazon.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Aug 2018
Interview
Applied online and got shortlisted by recruiter. First 30 min chat with recruiter about background, company and role. Then next week I received an email that one of the team member is interested in my application. 1 hour technical phone interview. I did answer most of the questions. They were looking for more experienced person.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Just basics of machine learning and past projects.