Two examples for each of Amazon’s 14 Leadership Principles

This video includes answers to many of the most commonly asked behavioral questions during any Amazon Interview.

Looking for more examples? 35 behavioral questions asked in 95% of Amazon interviews with examples
1. Tell me about a time when you were not able to meet a time commitment. What prevented you from meeting it? What was the outcome and what did you learn from it?
2. Describe a long-term project that you managed. How did you keep everything moving along in a timely manner?
3. Give me an example of a time when you set a goal and were able to meet or achieve it
4. Tell me about a time you had to quickly adjust your work priorities to meet changing demands.
5. an example when you had to push back to HQ or challenged a decision
6. Tell me about the toughest decision you've had to make in the past six months
7. Tell me about a decision that you regret.
8. What did you do when you needed to motivate a group of individuals?
9. Tell me about a time you stepped up into a leadership role
10. Do you collaborate well?
11. Describe a situation when you negotiated with others in your organization to reach agreement.
12. We've all had to work with people that don't like us. How do you deal with someone that doesn't like you?
13. We all make mistakes we wish we could take back. Tell me about a time you wish you’d handled a situation differently with a colleague.
14. The last time you had to apologize to someone
15. Give me an example of a time you faced a conflict while working on a team. How did you handle that?
16. Tell me about a time when you received negative feedback from your manager. How did you respond?
17. Tell me about a time when you missed an obvious solution to a problem
18. A time when you faced a problem that had multiple possible solutions
19. Tell me about a time when you came up with a new approach to a problem.
20. Describe a time when you anticipated potential problems and developed preventive measures.
21. Describe a situation in which you found a creative way to overcome an obstacle.
22. How have you leveraged data to develop a strategy?
23. a time when you were 75% through a project, & you had to pivot strategy
24. Tell me about a time when you had to choose between technologies for a project
25. Tell me about a time you had to deal with ambiguity
26. What’s the most innovative new idea that you have implemented?
27. Describe a time when you sacrificed short term goals for long term success
28. Provide an example of when you personally demonstrate ownership.
29. What's your greatest strength
30. Biggest weakness
31. We all deal with difficult customers from time to time. Tell me about a challenging client-facing situation and how you handled it.
32. How do you show customer obsession?
33. Tell me about a time you recovered from a difficult situation
34. Tell me about a time you failed and what you learned from it

[ramin]

0:17 - Customer Obsession
3:38 - Ownership
7:07 - Invent and Simplify
9:17 - Are Right a Lot
12:42 - Learn and be Curious
16:40 - Hire and Develop the best
19:57 - Insist on the highest standards
23:40 - Think Big
26:47 - Bias for Action
30:09 - Frugality
32:58 - Earn Trust
35:46 - Dive Deep
38:32 - Have backbone; Disagree and commit
42:21 - Deliver Results

You're Welcome. And thank you Dan!

[seekgayaawsaws]

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[AussieDS]

Hi Dan I'd like to thank you so much for all the work you put in to help candidates like me. Happy to say I got the job after 7 interviews!
Tip to everyone - Yes, try and prepare a good amount of examples but don't panic if you run out of new ones to bring up. I had to repeat about 4 of mine throughout the loop but was still offered the job.
Make sure you have a few stronger examples with at least some data points that you can bring up, which you can repeat. Then a few 'filler' examples that you only mention once to provide variety.
That worked for me at least.
Good luck!

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[ajithneel]

Hello Dan,

Thank you for taking time in preparing and sharing such informative videos and example answers. I had my first telephonic interview yesterday with Amazon and going through your videos for preparation was very helpful.

The questions that I had for the position applied for ( Sr Engagement Manager ) were as below:

1. Tell me about yourself
2. What do you know about the role of an EM
3. What technical certifications have you recently taken
4. Why do you think you would like to work for Amazon now
5. Tell me about the most complex project that you have worked
6. Tell me about a situation where you were to challenge the customer
7. Explain about the Scrum Ceremonies that would follow at work
8. Tell me about the three key factors that you would persuade your customer to move their services to the cloud
9. Tell me about the finances that you handled for your recent engagement and the number of team members
10. Tell me about the governance strategies that you implemented on your recent engagements and how it was beneficial
11. Tell me a situation on how to manage spend in running services in the cloud and did you encounter situation in recent project

The session lasted for close to an hour and 10 minutes. I posted the following questions back when it was my turn
1. If I am to be considered for the role how will be measured as a right fit by the end of the year
2. What differentiators do we adopt other than the unique services that provide when compared to our competitors

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[darcynhieu]

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[tiffanyjones]

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[darshanaborade]

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