Amazon Leadership Principles Mock Interview
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Question 16 of 30
Would you rather step back and take time to form a plan or go what with you know, work with what have, and go with your gut?
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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.
Your interviewer wants to know whether you think fast on your feet and take decisive action, experience task paralysis, or are overly cautious and risk-averse. When answering this question, you want to consider their leadership principle, 'Bias for Action,' which says, "Speed matters in business. Many decisions and actions are reversible and do not need extensive study. We value calculated risk-taking."
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.
Consider what Jeff Bezos says on the matter, "If you don't understand the details of your business you are going to fail." and "All of my best decisions in business and in life have been made with heart, intuition, guts... not analysis. If you can make a decision with analysis, you should do so. But it turns out in life that your most important decisions are always made with instinct and intuition, taste, heart." Using these as guidelines, offer an example of where you took a calculated risk, were resourceful, and acted fast, where thinking quickly on your feet greatly benefitted your teams.
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.
"To quote General George Patton, a good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow."
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