Amazon Behavioral Interview Questions | Leadership Principles Explained

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Behavioral questions are big in Amazon interviews, but what are they? In this video, we'll show you how to answer them and boost your interview chances.
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00:00 - Introduction
00:55 - Behavioral interview questions
02:10 - STAR method
02:56 - How should you prepare? Leadership principles
10:51 - Advice
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@tryexponent 2 жыл бұрын

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@dww2002 2 жыл бұрын

i hate "tell me about a time" questions so much. they reveal nothing other than the ability to prepare a nice story, which may or may not be based in reality

@anhnguyenthingoc9504 2 жыл бұрын

Not really. As he said in the video, the stories demonstrate the way you think and work. I got the behavioral questions and when I started working, i found these are the things i deal with in every day.

@dww2002 2 жыл бұрын

@@anhnguyenthingoc9504 maybe your mind works differently than mine, but i don't have a file cabinet labeled "times i disagreed with my manager" that i can just open and pull a full story from when prompted. these things take rehearsal. and possibly outright fabrication

@Swanidhi 2 жыл бұрын

The follow up questions on that story does reveal a lot

@sbIvanov 2 жыл бұрын

Is it correct to assume that you are an engineer? If so, that is completely understandable, as your thinking is mostly in strict linear and problem-solving mode and that does not go well with "Tell me something that is not structured"

@cschandragiri 2 жыл бұрын

Tell me about a time when you had to make up a story just because you needed to get the task done?? Well I was doing it right now and I would know the outcome in a few weeks!

@aminflash Жыл бұрын

Amazon leadership principles and sample questions: 1- Customer obsession: tell me about a time you had a deal with a difficult customer. 2- Ownership: Tell me about a tough situation during your project 3- Invent and simplify: A thyme you solved a problem? 4- Strong judgment and good instincts: A time you had to make a decision with a lack of data 5- Learn and be curious: A time you build out a process 6- Hire and develop the best: A time when you had a conflict with so? 7- Insist on the highest standards: A time you had to make a decision to sacrifice short-term for long term 8- Think Big: Your greatest success? 9- Bias for action: How have you convinced others to take action? 10- Frugality: A time you turned down more resources to complete a process 11- Earn trust: An example of how you managed a conflict 12- Dive deep: The most complex project you worked on? 13- Have a backbone, disagree, commit: A time you had a disagreement with your manager? 14- Deliver results: Describe a challenging product you managed. 15- Strive to be Earth's best employer: A time you had to motivate a team after a demonizing event? 16- Responsibility: A time you had a problem and how to discover a real cause?

@sergiojimenez3445 Жыл бұрын

awesome man, thanks

@DavenH Жыл бұрын

A thyme I solved a problem? Adding more of it to season a turkey tetrazzini

@Ronak2109 Жыл бұрын

Thanks alot. Brother..🎉👍

@kranthi6491 10 ай бұрын

Thanks

@itsanujgarg 9 ай бұрын

Exactly why I came to the comments. Thanks a ton.

@fundamxd 4 ай бұрын

1) Customer Obsession 3:30 2) Ownership 3:55 3) Invent and simplify 4:20 4) Strong judgment and good instincts 4:50 5) Learn and be curious 5:10 6) Hire and develop the best 5:25 7) Insist on the highest standards 5:54 8) Think BIG 6:32 9) Bias for action 6:53 10) Frugality 7:12 11) Earn Trust 7:33 12) Dive Deep 7:57 13) Have backbone, disagree and commit 8:19 14) Deliver results 8:48 15) Strive to be Earth's best employer 9:08 16) Responsibility 9:51

@N0t0riouslover 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video! I completed my second round interview for L5 position and your example questions were spot on. Of all of the Amazon Interview prep videos, the examples featured here were the most accurate based on the conversation I had. This was a massive help.

@tryexponent 10 ай бұрын

Exciting!! So glad we could help!

@OneIdeaTooMany Жыл бұрын

I have passed the interviews but I definitely don't have an answer for every one of those questions and I definitely remember saying so in the interview. one thing the interviewer told me was that if I didn't know something, to just tell him and he'll move on. if you think about it, they're gathering data points about you so stuffing around on questions you don't really know is actually going to hurt your interview chances.

@Amyou-mn5se Жыл бұрын

Hey, is it possible to contact you privately...i have an interview in a few weeks n i would like to ask you some questions

@Mumukshatvam Ай бұрын

@@Amyou-mn5sehow was your interview?

@bekakilov9656 Жыл бұрын

Thank you dude. You prepared me well and I landed a job!

@tryexponent Жыл бұрын

Nice job!

@xyz-vv5tg Жыл бұрын

Do we have to byheart all 16 leadership principles word to word? That's difficult to do

@dreamnvisionz 3 ай бұрын

I have my third/ final round interview for AWS Cloud Support Engineer-Security role in less than a week, any advice?

@SantiagoBocanegraGutierrez 2 ай бұрын

@@dreamnvisionz Unfortunately I didn't see your comment before, there's three days left for my interview for the same role but in databases. I'd say the best we can do is prepared ourselves as good as possible and try to learn from everywhere. I'd like to know how was it? Could you give me some advice?

@ny2bama 2 күн бұрын

@SantiagoBocanegraGutierrez did you get the job? How was the interview process?

@cofi039 3 ай бұрын

Great information, not only for Amazon interviews, but for all types of job interviews. Like for this guy and the video!

@PhotoBrad Жыл бұрын

Nicely done video, but I'm not sure I'd want to work someplace that expects people to memorize the leadership principles as if it's some kind of religion. Are they hiring robots or people??

@vendetta3953 Жыл бұрын

robotic people

@hatoriddr Ай бұрын

@@vendetta3953bep bep bep

@realestalex2728 Жыл бұрын

This was legit very helpful to head into the interview prepared, even though I didn't landed the job. I feel like such a massive loser right now but eventually I'll find my second air.

@tryexponent Жыл бұрын

Hey RealestAlex! Sorry to hear about the job. Don't give up! You got this! 😤

@ibknl1986 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Very informative.

@Tamicheal22 Жыл бұрын

Thank you man I got the role. You helped so much man!

@tryexponent Жыл бұрын

Congratulations TamichealBK! 🎉🎉 Glad that we were able to help!

@soheilirani4308 Жыл бұрын

For lots of these "tell me about a time " you have the same general area of interest : tell me about a time you had conflict with team members, tell me about a time that you had to convince team members(which is due to conflict) and more -- during the interview the candidate tries to have 5,6 stories aligned with these questions and if two different interviewer ask the above questions then obviously I have to stick with my storyline -- If i try to think of something new during the interview there is a high chance of extra stress and probably not a good result at the end... I just think 5 hours of these type of questions is unnecessary .

@jamesbondisamonkey Жыл бұрын

Of course they're not necessary...interviews are just showing an image of the person and not showing anything true about the person...Companies ask questions like this because it's easier to follow a protocol that is simplistic, instead of truly understanding people. But that's the culture and the market...suboptimal nonsense

@sunmand6136 2 ай бұрын

@@jamesbondisamonkey This !! Upvoted you. Amazon has ONE OF THE HIGHEST TURNOVER IN THE WORLD. That right there should tell them their interview process does not work. Most amazoninas leave in less than 2 years. And the STAR method can be easily gamed by unethical people. BUT then the definition of insanity is doing the same thing again and again and hoping it works.

@maryamardalan8178 Ай бұрын

Loved it - Thanks!

@stickyamor 2 жыл бұрын

Im currently doing an interview now. these tips are so good and the mock questions are spot on. another interveiw is coming up this afternoon and I can use this information. This video is so awesome

@tryexponent 2 жыл бұрын

Best of luck with your interview!

@nios1515 2 жыл бұрын

How did it go? Did you receive an offer?

@salo1129 Жыл бұрын

I guess not. 😢

@FinalRoundAI 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for the video. We've come across a lot of job hunters who have impressive backgrounds and relevant work experiences for the job they are interviewing for. However, they still failed their interviews, not because they are incapable of doing the job, but because they don't know how to effectively sell themselves to others. Final Round AI is here to help, we are all about delivering tailored answers in real-time to help you nail those interviews.

@ravin5815 Жыл бұрын

liked subscribed and commented! great video

@lecathesavagegirl2610 11 ай бұрын

You are preparing yourself for a marathon. Intimidating.

@WorkWonders101 5 ай бұрын

Practice makes better!

@luckysemenya7265 Жыл бұрын

thank you very much Sir

@user-vg5gn3zp2m 3 ай бұрын

excellent video,=.

@John-3692 4 ай бұрын

This is incomparable. I read a book with similar content, and it was incomparable. "The Hidden Empire: Inside the Private Worlds of Elite CEOs" by Adam Skylight

@havingfuninfl829 16 күн бұрын

Great video. It helped in my AWS interview today. Thanks.

@tryexponent 4 күн бұрын

Glad we could help. Hope you did well!

@harrymason666 Жыл бұрын

To me it feels like they are more interested in one's personal ability to invent stories and being creative about it. I've been asked to prepare 2-3 examples for each of the 16 leadership principles, which is an insanely huge amount of things to tell. How many decades of experience do I need for the job position!? And what a great memory I need to have to be able to tell this many stories and examples over so many different topics! It feels overwhelming. I'm trying to get prepared as best as I can, but it feels like what you are asking for is not very well connected to what is needed for the actual job I've applied for. 5 interviews with 5 different interviewers, and I need to provide them all with different examples... Isn't this a bit too much?

@tryexponent Жыл бұрын

Hey harrymason666! It is possible to have a single story cover multiple leadership principles. For example, a story of leading a team to complete a project successfully could consist of elements of: - Insist on the highest standards: How you set standards for the team - Frugality: How you overcame time/resource shortages - Earn trust: How you won your teammates over - Ownership: How you set pro-actively sought requirements - Bias for action: How you set the cadence for your team to boost productivity Essentially, a story can be very well be split into many episodes, each one with their own "lesson learned" or "strength shown" or in this case, "leadership principle". Hope this helped! Do let us know if you have further questions!

@harrymason666 Жыл бұрын

@@tryexponent Yes, thank you, this is surely helpful. This is what I'm doing right now, try to think of a few "stories" that cover more than one principle, so I can use them for different kind of questions. I really do care about this job position, I just hope I can remember everything during the interview. Thanks for your reply, much appreciated.

@Lawmakan 9 ай бұрын

@@harrymason666 How did the interview go, and what was the result?

@harrymason666 9 ай бұрын

@@Lawmakan I have reached the final stage only to be rejected after the 7th or 8th interview. All the interviews are identical, except for the fact that they cover different leadership principles. They won't provide any explanation whatsoever about the rejection, even if you ask. It felt really frustrating, honestly, and I still can't figure out what they are trying to obtain from their candidates with this kind of interviews. A few days later I was contacted and got offered a differed job position in Ireland (the one I originally applied for was in Italy), but the salary was so low I wasn't even sure it would have been financially profitable. The whole experience let me down a lot and made me reconsider working for Amazon and applying for other positions.

@kartikraj1779 6 ай бұрын

@@harrymason666 I agree man, this seems a bit much. Generally one interview with hiring manager is good enough to talk about previous experiences. Anyways, did the rest of the interview go well, problem solving wise?

@sabrina-ww2zh 6 ай бұрын

thank you sm!

@sensiblemoron Жыл бұрын

Can't thank you enough for this video! /\ Very well explained and to the point. one of the best videos to prepare for leadership roles. #trulygrateful

@tryexponent Жыл бұрын

Glad you found it so useful, Gaurav!

@KenSherman Жыл бұрын

11:00 Don't repeat stories can be tricky. Not everyone's a storyteller. This isn't Antiquity or Medieval times. We have technology now so storytelling is a little different from what it used to be so storytelling is a skill that many may have to work on. Also, having experience to certain situations shouldn't be a detriment into your hiring. So that's also tricky.

@vendetta3953 Жыл бұрын

This story telling is bullshit stuff. Not every situation can be explained in a few lines just for the sake of this meaningless endeavor.

@dexashish 11 ай бұрын

@@vendetta3953 depends on if the person you're asking , if his livelihood depends on it , sure he'll learn !!!

@user-dk3zs5oe7d 2 ай бұрын

I rearly comment on any video , this video is so good to force me to do so. very uniqualy explained.

@tryexponent 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words!

@kangendetox5445 Ай бұрын

good

@austinbratton9973 8 ай бұрын

The stories are great and I have like 14 stories prepared. But you never know what they are going to ask or if your stories will align with what they are asking!!! I have yet to hear a good response to this on how to prepare. I had an interview today and did terrible

@SpinozaTR Жыл бұрын

Yeah we keep hearing these questions from many companies, do you have a video for sample best answers?

@tryexponent Жыл бұрын

Coming soon! But in the meantime, you can check out a list of answers to all the most popular behavioral questions on our site: www.tryexponent.com/questions?page=1&type=behavioral

@alexwhitney5949 2 ай бұрын

Do these q's follow DSP interviews as well?

@elenagavrilova3109 4 ай бұрын

Behavioural interview... i am terrified w questions in the video, is Amazon such a battle field so you have to overcome roles blocks, persuade, etc. Do people even work there?

@MotivatedI 5 ай бұрын

I was approached by Amazon for a role and went through two phases of online face to face with people but when it came to work simulation I think I didn’t do well. What are the tips? I was given a list of other jobs I think I could be a perfect fit for and I want to be prepared enough to first pass through that work simulated stuff. Any advice please. Thank you

@tryexponent 5 ай бұрын

Hey MotivatedI, you've come to the right video! The aim of the Amazon work simulation assessment is to gauge if you are a good culture fit with the company. The culture of the company is defined by Amazon's 16 leadership principles as highlighted here. So if you would like to do well for this assessment, getting familiar with the leadership principles and reflecting on how they apply to your everyday work life will be helpful.

@surbhipatel9997 2 ай бұрын

What questions can we expect in a Support Engineer interview? They have mentioned both behavioral and technical questions would be asked.. Can you help anything specific. Very minimum videos for this role on KZfaq. :(

@sydan777 Ай бұрын

can i tell about personal life experience in STAR method ,if they ask about situational questions?

@tryexponent Ай бұрын

Yes, using the STAR method to describe your personal life experience when answering a situational interview question would work!

@jessaabraham 8 ай бұрын

Myself and friends we have practiced these types of questions for months before appearing for an interview. But what does it mean. You are not going to pick a good candidate. Memorizing is not the same as a natural leader. These are useful to hire a parrot. Some people are good at story telling and others are not neither may be good on floor.

@jlopez7443 Жыл бұрын

Would be cool if you added sample answers.

@tryexponent Жыл бұрын

We break down sample answers to every principle in this blog post! blog.tryexponent.com/how-to-nail-amazons-behavioral-interview-questions/

@gauravparkash162 7 ай бұрын

1:08 at least in theory 🤣

@sushmagangadasari2626 4 ай бұрын

Hi is there any principle called buyers fraction

@tryexponent 3 ай бұрын

Hey sushmagangadasari2626! There is no such principle...

@aprilt1543 2 жыл бұрын

anybody nailed the interview by studying this videos?

@tryexponent 2 жыл бұрын

We’ve helped thousands of people land jobs with this channel and the courses on our site! Many of our hosts and guests actually got jobs with our content

@K-G-S_66 Жыл бұрын

So I live in Saudi Arabia And I applied for a warehouse associate I've learned that in US they probably won't interview an associate But here in Saudi Arabia I believe they do So I'm still waiting for their response And not sure what kind of interview It will be

@tryexponent Жыл бұрын

Good luck! These questions are mostly common for software engineers and tech workers.

@K-G-S_66 Жыл бұрын

@@tryexponent thanks I guess I have to wait and bare my stupid boss Till I get response from Amazon Thanks for your reply

@beero911x7 Жыл бұрын

Brother, did you do the interview and if did how was it? My application for the position of Buying Assistant was accepted and amazon invited me for the interview,

@K-G-S_66 Жыл бұрын

@@beero911x7 unfortunately it's been months but no reply I've heard you must have some one in the warehouse to get a job or higher chance at least in Saudi Arabia I'm not sure about other countries But I have moved on and will try mu luck else where

@Maxim6431 2 жыл бұрын

Google for Amazon PIP before accepting Amazon offer. I like their leadership principles but those principles is a lot to ask, are they ready to pay for it? If I get an offer from Amazon I would expect 50% bonus to the average of total compensation of other big tech companies.

@sireeshatekuru 2 жыл бұрын

Pip is overhyped. 99% of the time, people who go into it deserve it. There is a 1% exception though where it's misused, which i feel is pretty normal for any given policy.

@Maxim6431 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe the actual numbers are not that big, but it likely creates a atmosphere of fear, especially for those who are on work visas in the US. Taking in consideration those principles it seems they are looking for the cream of the crop so the compensation should be appropriate.

@supriyajha5933 7 ай бұрын

Why the heck this video has 171K views when he is just divulging the principles as they are described on the Amazon website itself.

@SAHILBUTALARF Ай бұрын

Bcz nowadays people are allergic to reading

@KeigoMoriyama Жыл бұрын

What if you don’t have enough stories?

@tryexponent Жыл бұрын

Hey Keigo! If you feel like you do not have enough stories to cover each leadership principle, you can always look to the stories you already have and see if they can cover more than one principle. Often, we can draw multiple lessons from an experience. Hope this helps!

@KeigoMoriyama Жыл бұрын

@@tryexponent that is possible. In this case should I mention that the example was already used but it can cover the new specific LP?

@user-qe2ij3jn5j 6 ай бұрын

I have modules in mail

@maesterdoctor Жыл бұрын

No wonder Amazon is a universally hated place to work at.

@plartoo Жыл бұрын

Most of these principles sound like those of a cult. :D I will never bother applying for Amazon based on just reading these.

@Synthesz Жыл бұрын

They are demanding for quite a lot of resources but in the end their products are oversaturated with conflicting thoughts and often deviates from their own goals

@tejeshreddy6252 Жыл бұрын

True but for most of us, especially software devs, Amazon is one of the Highest paying companies in the world, and that means we'll always be trying to get in, whatever the cost

@rangermaverick85 Жыл бұрын

@@tejeshreddy6252 highest paying company in the world ? You need some more research. But I understand that indians are obsessed about maangs

@tejeshreddy6252 Жыл бұрын

@@rangermaverick85 bruh you got to be delusional to think faang isn't one of the highest paying in the world for junior to mid level software devs, at the very least. There's a reason why people eye for them you know and there's no reason to bring country into this, even my American acquaintances feel the same way

@tng2138 7 ай бұрын

⁠@@tejeshreddy6252there is a cap with their salaries. You only make big bucks if you get promoted to some kind of VP or Techlead or somethin similar. Private Equity, Venture Capital or Hedgefunds (literally the endlevel of all firms) or a career in Sales/Real Estate are the way to go if you want to become a millionaire as an employee in a short timespan.

@AdityaBansal095 Жыл бұрын

select emp_id from hospital where action='in' group by emp_id,action having count(*)>1 union (select emp_id from hospital where action='in' except select emp_id from hospital where action='out')

@vendetta3953 Жыл бұрын

its a great story just hard to tell in this shit centered interview.

@sydan777 Ай бұрын

bro, actually i had interview slot for SEPO role in amazon from 6pm to 6;30 pm yesterday (13 may).But when i joined in Amazon CHIME at 5:57pm nobody was there in the meeting and no one came until 6:35pm then i left. What will happen now brother? still i didnt get any mail from them but i mailed them that no one was there in the meeting. Will i loose my job and opportunity? PLEASE REPLY

@prathamkesarkar Жыл бұрын

So many leadership principal still Amazon Prime Videos works like shit

@johnangelo2000 4 ай бұрын

Leaders at time non technical, mediocre, business savy, selfish, pry on otherr, cunning and opportunist. Amazon probably wants these to be said in a nice way. Leaders isolate, glass ceil, cheat within the org to advance their cause and carreer at the cost of other employees. They know how to exploit direct reports and get work done by any means. There are many leaders who do this and recommend others to go on corporate training on ethical behavior, unconscious bias and show/pretend to be champions of diversity and cultural promotion. One bad leader/Manager and if you couldn't identify it.. It over for you in that org. If you are not doing all these you are a nice leader.

@user-un5mr5rp1c 4 ай бұрын

Amazon Principles End results meeting requirements Customer obsession Insist on highest standards Frugality Bias for a actions Deliver results Soft skills Ownership Hire and develop the best Earn trust Have backbone, disagree and commit Data management Think Big Learn and be curious Dive deep Invent and simplify Are right a lot

@CandyLemon36 7 ай бұрын

Bravo on the exceptional content. A like-minded book I read was a milestone in my personal growth. "AWS Unleashed: Mastering Amazon Web Services for Software Engineers" by Harrison Quill

@erinrockofficial 4 ай бұрын

no answers here - we know the questions

@ny2bama 2 күн бұрын

Tell me about a time.... ooooooshut the f$#k up...! I hate those questions. 😂 I dont have millions stories on file to spit out randomly

@user-yi3by3sg7k 8 ай бұрын

clown

@iancho9587 2 ай бұрын

This whole video is same as the AMZ interview process - total bolonia... That dude is so lazy and lacks of creativity, he just reads the script AMZ emails to each candidate to prep for their dummy interview..

@amitjain9389 7 ай бұрын

You are just repeating what we can find on the Amazon's website as well. This video wasn't worth the time.

@smilerpie1 6 ай бұрын

91% of Amazon employees get no interview. Do you have an id? Ok start tomorrow. The interviews yo mention are only for real jobs. Jobs that pay you a living wage. I don’t think your video answers any questions