Amazon Essentials

The following is a syllubus for my Quick Guide to preparing for Amazon interviews. Sign up for the mini-course here for $20.

1. S.M.A.R.T Goals - Amazon measures everything. Start thinking like them before tackling your interviews. S.M.A.R.T. goals explained. Guide to writing them.

2. S.T.A.R. - We provide frameworks you can use for Amazon, and any behavioral interviews. It isn’t just for interviews, I recommend my teams follow this general approach to executive storytelling daily at work.

3. Introclusion - Taught to me by a director at Amazon. Add this to the start of all your answers and the interviewer will be able to follow along more quickly.

4. Sample Questions - We scoured the internet looking for collections of Amazon interview questions and found these. We include links to other sites with more questions.

5. Stump the Candidate - When answering behavior questions, expect this list of questions as follow-ups intended to catch you off guard.

6. Story Mapping - We highly recommend listing 10 to 30 career experiences in a copy of this spreadsheet before tying to set a date for an Amazon interview.

7. Difficult Question Types - Think Failure Stories & Weakness Questions, I teach you to embrace them, not be afraid of them.

8. The Panel - We have explained how the panel works, during your interview and how they assess your performance.

9. FAQ on Amazon Interviewing - We have addressed common questions on the Amazon process.

Resources

1. Leadership Principles Described

2. Amazon Culture Articles

Bonus Material

1. Focus Suggestions - I provide suggetions on where to focus first.

2. Looking Senior - Elevate your responses to show your seniority.

3. Filler Words - Avoid low calorie words, or filler words so