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Amazon Interview Prep Guide

The document provides tips for Amazon leadership interview preparation. It notes that interviews will focus on testing 2 competencies per interview using behavioral questions tied to Amazon's leadership principles. Answers should follow the STAR format and focus on the task. Interviewers will ask "why" up to 5 times to ensure answers have sufficient depth and detail. Key competencies that may be assessed include "Dive Deep" through data-driven or MBA examples, "Bias for Action" by discussing decisions made with limited data, and "Ownership" through examples of assuming responsibility. Interviews will push candidates to think ambitiously and demonstrate customer obsession in responses.

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Amazon Interview Prep Guide

The document provides tips for Amazon leadership interview preparation. It notes that interviews will focus on testing 2 competencies per interview using behavioral questions tied to Amazon's leadership principles. Answers should follow the STAR format and focus on the task. Interviewers will ask "why" up to 5 times to ensure answers have sufficient depth and detail. Key competencies that may be assessed include "Dive Deep" through data-driven or MBA examples, "Bias for Action" by discussing decisions made with limited data, and "Ownership" through examples of assuming responsibility. Interviews will push candidates to think ambitiously and demonstrate customer obsession in responses.

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Amazon Interview Prep Notes - Aditi Nair MBA2021

!. Potentially some CV/Motivation questions for 5-10 mins - but at the


discretion of the interviewer
#. Competency based questions tied to Leadership Sessions
!. 2 competencies tested per interview
!. 15 mins per competency (including the deep dive)
#. Answer/Story = 3-4 mins (4 mins is max)
!. Engage them with content of your story
#. Balance between keeping it short while giving them enough
details so you donʼt get lots of follow up questions on the details
$. Use STAR format
!. Focus on the “Task” format the most
%. Will be grilled especially if the story seems superficial
!. Interviewers instructed to ask “Why” 5 times
&. Dive Deep is a key competency thatʼs tested
!. If youʼre not from a data driven background, you can talk about something
from MBA
#. What kind of a situation you were in where you were asking “why is this
happening?”…what are the insights that led you to solve the problem
'. Bias for Action = When you didnʼt have enough data but you still pushed
through and made a decision
!. Donʼt need the most perfect decision but want you to take a decision in
time and improve upon it over time
#. What actions did you take?
$. Show that youʼre the type of person who can take a decision and move on/
face the consequences and learn from the mistakes
(. Ownership = Lines up with Amazonʼs individualistic approach to employees
!. Youʼll probably have to assume ownership of an entire project by yourself
at Amazon
#. Intersects with Think Big
). Think Big = Expecting MBAs to deliver at a level higher
*. Trust is another key principle
!+. Customer Obsession
!. Everytime you find yourself not knowing what to do, ask yourself what
would the customer want
!. “There were multiple options and I did the right thing for the
customer”
!!. Theyʼll push you a lot more if they donʼt buy your story or if itʼs too high level
!#. Itʼll be obvious what the question is and what the leadership principle is
!$. Interviewer wonʼt look at you/theyʼll type up notes
!%. Be calm, have a conversation

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