Amazon Interview Questions

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Question 54 of 54

Why do you want to work for Amazon?

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Kevin Downey
Kevin Downey

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.

How you answer this question stands to inform your interviewer which, if any, of their recruiting efforts were most successful. Having this question answered is of great value to your interviewer, and affects other aspects of their job. The marketing that goes into recruiting their target talent is time-intensive and costly. Help them identify which of their efforts are having the most impact. Spend some time familiarizing yourself with all the value propositions they post on their career site, attesting to the many reasons why Amazon is your preferred employer. Then share which of those had the most impact and assure them that this job opportunity is the right fit.

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