Amazon Brand Specialist Mock Interview

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Question 10 of 30

Amazon leaders are encouraged to 'Learn and Be Curious.' Give me an example of when you stepped outside of your comfort zone to learn something new.

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Amazon's 5th Leadership Principle is 'Learn and Be Curious.' This principle states, 'Leaders are never done learning and always seek to improve themselves. They are curious about new possibilities and act to explore them.'

Amazonians are okay with acting counterintuitively and jumping outside of their comfort zone. The interviewer wants to hear evidence that you are the type of person to approach a new situation with enthusiasm and curiosity. Show that you enjoy taking on a new perspective while growing professionally and personally.

For this behavioral-based question, choose a real-life example of when you did something that you were uncomfortable with at first but knew was essential to your personal or professional development. Amazon asks that when you answer behavioral interview questions, you try to follow the STAR answer method. STAR is an acronym for Situation, Task, Action, Result.

- Situation: Provide the contextual information the interviewer needs to know to make sense of your story.
- Task: Continuing to set the stage, give the interviewer an idea of your role and responsibilities in this story.
- Action: Next, offer a detailed description of the steps you took in this story.
- Result: Last, talk about the specific, measurable outcomes that resulted from your actions.

If you have work experience, it's best to provide an example from your professional life. If you are new to your career, consider an example from your post-secondary education, a team sport, volunteer commitment, or a club-based activity.

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