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Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
"Everyone is different. Everyone is born different, comes from different backgrounds, has different perspectives, and has something unique to deliver. Well, recently, there was a major group project due, and everyone was putting in overtime. The work was easy for me, and I kept finishing my tasks early. There was another member of the team, however, that finished their project, and they just kind of drifted around, not jumping in and helping the others. I asked them if they felt comfortable helping the others on our team out with their parts of the project, and they told me that they felt intimidated by this. They were pretty shy as it were. I kept encouraging them to offer their help, and coached them on an approach, to just casually walk by and check in and let the others know that they finished early and ask if they needed help. After a minute, they agreed to try this approach and before I knew it, this employee was helping everyone out, left and right. Pretty soon, they were mentoring people across the board and a few months later, were promoted to management. That was pretty great. Sometimes all a person needs is a little nudge."

Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
Your answer to this question will offer the interviewer a glimpse into your interpersonal skills and how well you work with the others on your team. It also serves to offer insights into your personality, and whether you lean more towards being an introvert versus an extrovert. Lastly, this question aims to determine how much you know about Amazon's team settings. They pride themselves on fostering diversity in their work force. "We are a company of builders who bring varying backgrounds, ideas, and points of view to inventing on behalf of our customers. Our diverse perspectives come from many sources including gender, race, age, national origin, sexual orientation, culture, education, and professional and life experience. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and always look for ways to scale our impact as we grow."

Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
Think about your work style. Do you inspire innovation while promoting the strengths of your team members? An employee that has a general sense of accomplishment will be more effective at their job. On even the most inherently human level, we are all driven by the same basic needs and the same unifying experiences. Focus on the unifiers of diversity, on a general acceptance of the human experience and the camaraderie of a collaborative team experience. Communicate clearly and decisively. The last thing you want to do is come across as uncomfortable or out of your element when answering this question.

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