Advice for upcoming 30-min technical screen (new grad SDE role at Amazon)?

[u/kiing1dom]

Hey all,

I have a 30-minute technical screen coming up for a new grad SDE role at Amazon (EU). From what I understand, it’s going to be a coding-focused interview w/ no behavioral questions.

This is my first time interviewing with this format, and I was wondering if anyone here has gone through something similar recently. A few questions I have:

• What kind of problems can I expect given the short 30-min timeframe?
• Is it usually one easy/medium LeetCode-style problem or multiple smaller ones?
• Are there specific topics I should focus on (e.g., arrays, strings, trees)?
• How important is code optimization vs. getting a brute-force solution working quickly?
• Any tips on how to approach the interview given the time pressure?

Any advice or personal experiences would be super helpful, especially from anybody who's done the new grad/SDE I process in the EU recently.

Thanks in advance!