Amazon HireVue Mock Interview
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Question 20 of 30
How many leadership principles does Amazon have and which do you most identify with?
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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.
"For starters, there are 16 leadership principles. In all honesty, I identify with all of them. But if I had to choose a couple right now, I'd say since we're talking about why I'm here right, looking to advance my career goals, I'd say Learn and Be Curious falls into that category. It's true, you're never done learning and I'm always seeking ways to improve myself. And the other I'd say is Think Big. It's why I'm here."
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.
From Amazon's Career page on their website: "Amazon employees use our Leadership Principles every day, whether we're discussing new projects, deciding the best solutions for our customers, or interviewing candidates."
Not only will this question assess how familiar you are with their company and the values they define themselves by, it will also serve to see how aligned your values are with theirs. Additionally, your answer will inform them of which of their values best defines you, informing them of another aspect of your work style and work ethic.
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.
You always want to be in the position of being ready to answer what's being asked. Spend sometime familiarizing yourself with their leadership principles and how they define them. Choose one principle which you truly identify with and be ready to quantify how it applies to you with sincerity. Using this question as another opportunity to reveal your professional personality can go a long way here, just as you would in a live interview. Even though you are talking to the algorithm, you want to imagine you are speaking to a real person. Maintain eye contact in front of the camera as if you're speaking face-to-face with a person.
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16 Leadership Principles
Customer Obsession
Leaders start with the customer and work backward
Ownership
Leaders are owners
Invent and Simplify
Leaders expect and require innovation and invention from their teams and always find ways to simplify.
Are Right, A Lot
Leaders are right a lot. They have strong judgment and good instincts. They seek diverse perspectives and work to disconfirm their beliefs.
Learn and Be Curious
Leaders are never done learning and always seek to improve themselves. They are curious about new possibilities and act to explore them.
Hire and Develop the Best
Leaders raise the performance bar with every hire and promotion.
Insist on the Highest Standards
Leaders have relentlessly high standards —
Think Big
Thinking small is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Bias for Action
Speed matters in business. Many decisions and actions are reversible and do not need extensive study. We value calculated risk-taking.
Frugality
Accomplish more with less
Earn Trust
Leaders listen attentively, speak candidly, and treat others respectfully.
Dive Deep
Leaders operate at all levels, stay connected to the details, audit frequently, and are skeptical when metrics and anecdotes differ. No task is beneath them.
Have Backbone; Disagree and Commit
Leaders are obligated to respectfully challenge decisions when they disagree, even when doing so is uncomfortable or exhausting.
Deliver Results
Leaders focus on the key inputs for their business and deliver them with the right quality and in a timely fashion. Despite setbacks, they rise to the occasion and never settle.
Strive to be Earth’s Best Employer
Leaders work every day to create a safer, more productive, higher performing, more diverse, and more just work environment.
Success and Scale Bring Broad Responsibility
We started in a garage, but we’re not there anymore.
Marcie's Feedback
Nice! You're clearly aware of the company's leadership principles, which is great. Which one do you personally identify the most with and why? Make sure to address this in your answer to personalize it more. Good job!
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