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SDE-intern Interview Experience - Madrid, Spain

June 16, 2022
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Process

Started with the OA, 90 minutes for one easy and one medium question.

Afterwards, a culture check was conducted via an online form. There were some statements presented, and you had two options, "most left" and "most right," from which you were to choose one. This was based on LPs.

Then came an interactive "day at work" simulation. During this, videos were played, and you had to choose dialogue options. You also had to answer emails.

Lastly, two rounds of online interviews were held. The first part was a typical soft skills check. I used STAR to answer questions about my experiences (e.g., resolving conflict, something I'm proud of). The second part involved a LeetCode question and a clean code/refactoring question.

Questions

Here is something not typical. I had one regular LC question (DP coin change problem).

But the second task was uncanny.

  • I was asked to design a function that, given a directory and a file type, would return a list of files matching that type. As the interview proceeded, more constraints and functionality were added. Basically, it was checking my skills on writing code with the "bigger picture" in mind and refactoring the solution with changes in the requirements.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the Amazon SDE-intern role in Madrid, Spain.

Success Rate

33%
Pass Rate

Amazon's interview process for their SDE-intern roles in Madrid, Spain is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive33%
Neutral33%
Negative33%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Amazon's SDE-intern interview process in Madrid, Spain.

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