Amazon Data Scientist Phone Interview

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wSD56y

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wSD56y
May 1, 2019 10 Comments

Hey guys,

I've got a phone interview coming up for a DS position in Amazon.

I was told that the interview will be an "in-depth technical phone screen". I'll also be connected to an online whiteboard - I was told I may be asked to answer questions on the whiteboard.

I'm hoping to get some guidance here - can anyone give me advice on what I should prepare for? Obviously I'll go over various ML topics but was wondering what flavour of questions I might get. From others who have gone through this experience was the coding focused on SQL or Python/R or all of the above?

Thanks guys

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    SQL mainly. And then a super basic R/python question.

    Ratio of time spent between SQL and R/python was 4:1
    Complexity ratio between SQL and R/python was 5:1
    Number of questions ratio between SQL and R/python was 3:1

    All the best 😊
    May 1, 2019 1
    • New
      wSD56y

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      wSD56y
      OP
      This is great, thank you so much!!
      May 1, 2019
  • Microsoft
    mentalwave

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    mentalwave
    Is this for entry level?
    May 1, 2019 3
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      mentalwave

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      mentalwave
      I can help. Are you a graduate hire
      May 2, 2019
    • New
      wSD56y

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      wSD56y
      OP
      Thank you - I have 5 years of experience and a Masters from 2018 so I don’t think this is a graduate hire.

      Should I DM you?

      Thanks again for the help - much appreciated.
      May 2, 2019
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    fhsc06

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    fhsc06
    I feel, this is l5 ds role. Not an entry level. Prepare for some fundamental modeling questions, along with sql, python
    May 2, 2019 1
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      wSD56y

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      wSD56y
      OP
      Thanks so much - this is what I expected.

      Thanks also for the note about L5...I wasn’t sure what level this might be
      May 2, 2019
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    tmdH32

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    tmdH32
    Hey could you let us know what you were asked.
    Oct 28, 2020 0
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    tmdH32

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    tmdH32
    Hey did they ask you days engineering questions?
    Oct 9, 2020 0