# Amazon Engineering Manager Interview Questions

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# Amazon Engineering Manager Interview Questions

We provide an interview-preparation question bank for Amazon Engineering Manager candidates. The page is part of our **Amazon Software Development Manager (SDM) Interview Guide**, and it contains **79 questions**. We identify the guide as updated a month ago by Amazon candidates.

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- **Questions — 79** (current section)
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## Trending Engineering Manager interview questions at Amazon

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|---|---|---|
| What's your favorite product and why? **Has video answer** | +34; a month ago; 334 answers | [Practice this question](https://www.aced.io/questions/20/favorite-product) |
| Tell me about a time when you handled a difficult stakeholder. | +13; a month ago; 105 answers | [Practice this question](https://www.aced.io/questions/551/time-handled-difficult-stakeholder) |
| Tell me about a time you made a mistake. **Has video answer** | +28; 8 days ago; 117 answers | [Practice this question](https://www.aced.io/questions/240/mistake) |
| How would you respond if your team disagreed with your ideas? | 7 months ago; 29 answers | [Practice this question](https://www.aced.io/questions/4201/respond-team-disagrees) |
| Tell me about a time you had a conflict with someone. How did you resolve it and what did you learn? | +28; 19 days ago; 40 answers | [Practice this question](https://www.aced.io/questions/140/conflict-resolution-learning) |
| Tell me about a time when you worked on a project with a tight deadline. **Has video answer** | +5; 4 months ago; 47 answers | [Practice this question](https://www.aced.io/questions/941/project-with-tight-deadline) |
| Tell me about yourself. **Has video answer** | +107; 7 days ago; 134 answers | [Practice this question](https://www.aced.io/questions/104/tell-me-about-yourself) |
| Tell me about a time when you solved a complex problem and how you went about it. **Has video answer** | +10; 2 months ago; 31 answers | [Practice this question](https://www.aced.io/questions/107/tell-me-about-time-solved-complex-problem) |
| Design Instagram. **Has video answer** | +1; 2 months ago; 60 answers | [Practice this question](https://www.aced.io/questions/1303/design-instagram) |
| What is the project you are most proud of? **Has video answer** | +35; 9 days ago; 60 answers | [Practice this question](https://www.aced.io/questions/1031/project-you-are-most-proud-of) |

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