Frugality is another one of Amazon's Leadership Principles. "Frugality: Accomplish more with less. Constraints breed resourcefulness, self-sufficiency, and invention. There are no extra points for growing headcount, budget size, or fixed expense." This is another way of saying work smarter, not harder. Hard work equates to more time-consuming, taxing, and exerting work that often exhausts payroll hours and can lead to unnecessary risks and worker's comp claims. That's where frugality comes in. Working smart means effectively managing your time, enhancing the safety of your teams, prioritizing, organizing, and approaching a project or any given task strategically.

They are looking for insights into your philosophy, work style and work ethic. But not only in how familiar you are with their leadership principles, and the lengths you went to for preparing for this interview, but in how familiar you are with this concept. Frame yourself as a leader by recognizing the importance of this question and your familiarity with this principle. Offer your insights and field expertise in this regard, as well as your work experience and fitness for the role. Doing so will get you one step closer to advertising you are a good fit for their teams.