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Amazon Decision Scientist Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 2 Dec 2016

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Decision Scientist Interview Questions & Answers

user image ROSHIN JACOB JOHNSON me12b166

posted on 2 Dec 2016

I applied via campus placement at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai and was interviewed in Dec 2016. There were 6 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Most challenging problem you have solved or tried solving
  • Ans. 

    Developing a predictive model for customer churn in a telecom company

    • Gathering and cleaning large amounts of customer data

    • Identifying key predictors of churn through statistical analysis

    • Building and testing various machine learning models

    • Iteratively refining the model to improve accuracy

    • Presenting findings and recommendations to stakeholders

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Few simple puzzles and guestimates

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Quant questions and basic programming
Duration: 45 minutes
Total Questions: 28

Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Simple question. Just keep on telling what comes to your mind.

College Name: IIT Madras

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Sep 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Describe your project
  • Ans. 

    Developed a predictive model to forecast customer churn for a telecom company

    • Collected and cleaned customer data including demographics, usage patterns, and customer service interactions

    • Used machine learning algorithms such as logistic regression and random forest to build the predictive model

    • Evaluated model performance using metrics like accuracy, precision, recall, and ROC curve

    • Provided actionable insights to the com

  • Answered by AI
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via campus placement at Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani and was interviewed in Dec 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

The first round was a 45 min long aptitude and case study round which involved basic aptitude questions along with certain cases like "There has been a drop off in customers booking a hotel though the the total number of visits to the site has not dropped. How would you you design a system to analyze the problem and what kind of data will you collect." It was followed by a couple of HR questions

Round 2 - Assignment 

A mock data set of hotel bookings in different countries for last two years were given a week prior to the interview. We were to clean, prepare, derive insights and recommend actions. All of this needed to be documented as 15 page presentation. This presentation then needed to be presented in a 45 min meet.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - The interview process felt very different from other companies. They don't really care about your technical prowess, but rather want to get a good understanding of your aptitude level. Also prepare for top 20 HR questions along with a solid introduction.
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

SQL - shared question on the screen and asked to code in SQL

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Nth highes salary
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Jun 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

SQL test on hackerrank

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - I took the test a bit too casually, and was not able to complete everything in time. I would recommend practicing medium to hard SQL questions before attempting this test.
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Jan 2023. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Generally 90 min coding test with 3 SQL questions

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Advanced SQL - basic stats
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. SQL + Statistics
Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Python + SQL + Stats
Round 5 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Advanced Statistics

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Brush up on
1. Advanced SQL questions were asked - Window functions and CTEs
2. Advanced Statistics: XPs, Significance tests, everything about normal distribution etc.
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
-

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Oct 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Explain past projects
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Explain resume points
  • Ans. 

    Resume points are concise descriptions of your work experience, skills, and achievements listed on your resume.

    • Resume points should be clear, specific, and quantifiable.

    • Use action verbs to start each point, such as 'developed', 'implemented', 'analyzed'.

    • Include relevant metrics or results to demonstrate impact, such as 'increased sales by 20%' or 'reduced processing time by 30%'.

  • Answered by AI
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via campus placement at Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) and was interviewed in Aug 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Aptitude Test had questions on sql, analytic ques, case study ques on uber

Round 2 - Technical 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. What are Sql joins, window functions
  • Ans. 

    SQL joins are used to combine rows from two or more tables based on a related column between them. Window functions perform calculations across a set of table rows that are related to the current row.

    • SQL joins are used to retrieve data from multiple tables based on a related column between them (e.g. INNER JOIN, LEFT JOIN, RIGHT JOIN, FULL JOIN).

    • Window functions are used to perform calculations on a set of rows related...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Write sql queries
  • Ans. 

    Answering SQL queries in an interview for Data Analyst Intern position

    • Understand the database schema and tables involved

    • Use SELECT, FROM, WHERE, GROUP BY, HAVING, ORDER BY clauses

    • Practice writing queries for common data analysis tasks like filtering, aggregating, and joining tables

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Given 5L and 3L jar. How will you make it 4L (Logical thinking)
  • Q4. Questions on resume projects
  • Q5. Questions on excel functions
Round 3 - Case Study 

Here they given three case study questions of uber where they would like to check you analytic behavior, they want to know how would you use the data to solve such a problem.

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Uber Data Analyst Intern interview:
  • SQL
  • MySQL
  • Excel
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident. The interviewers are very nice to talk. Give your best in the case study round.

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Write SQL to print the user with the highest restaurant order. There are couple of joins to be used.
  • Ans. 

    Use SQL with joins to find user with highest restaurant order

    • Use JOIN to connect user table with order table

    • Group by user and sum the order amounts

    • Order by sum in descending order and limit to 1 result

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Statistical Analysis related questions

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Coding and data structure
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. ML Breadth and depth

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