AMAZON LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES
TEST QUESTIONS WITH REVISED
AND UPDATED ANSWERS
what qualities do you look for in potential candiates when making hiring decisions? -
Answer-6. hire and develop the best
tell me about a time when you were dissatisfied with the quality of a project at work.
what did you do to improve it? - Answer-7. insist on highest standards
S: The Spur Group
T: Had some free time, finished building the main functionality of the dashboard
A: Did some style clean up, took initiative in reaching out to get JSON theme files,
researched on better visualization, tried other visualizations as a side for remarks
R: able to incorporate some of the new features i discovered on bench, saved time on
making them
tell me about a time when you motivated others to go above and beyond - Answer-7.
insist on highest standards
S: D3.js Data visualization
T: visualize world statistics of countries meeting MDG millenial development goals
A: insisted on building 3d map, shows benefits, it will be something innovative and help
us practice visualization skills
R: built a 3d projection map, won us nomination at the final presentation
describe a situation when you couldn't meet your standards and expectations on a task
- Answer-7. insist on highest standards
S: The Spur Group
T: Final prototype of the dashboard for production ready, a lot of gathered requirements
are still out there, approaching the end of the internship
A: maintained good data documentations for future work, focused on completing the
main requirements, main functionalities,
R: will be carried on by others to be put into production ready , current dashboard is
working
tell me about your most significant professional achievement - Answer-8. think big
S: Sushou Technology
T: negotiate with client on admin page
, A: not only about delivering technical solutions, but being able to understand who my
stakeholders are, what they want, and how to deliver results for my stakeholders, and
communication is key
R:
tell me about a time when you had to make a bold and challenging decisions - Answer-
8. think big
S: Research assistant
T: Wrangling results from population studies, and Qualtrics experiments
A: Usually manual on Excel, automated process in R
R: Saved time, reusable for future studies as well, reduced errors
tell me about a time when your vision led to a great impact - Answer-8. think big
S: C21 gesture
T: research students
A: interviews
provide an example of when you took a calculated risk - Answer-9. bias for action
S: research assistant
T: traditional vs innovative methods, excel vs R
A: innovative method, had experience using R, studied a lot of stats, the benefit is very
great because I can automate things
R: working r scripts, shortened our process, usual meta analysis takes days to organize,
I spent one day coding to organize all the files
S: applying for college
T: took risk with no safety school but good schools that match my gpa
A: worked very hard for those schools
R: for the benefit of me, will only take risk when the benefit is very great and can help
the team overall
describe a situation when you took the initiative to correct a problem or a mistake rather
than waiting for someone else to do it - Answer-9. bias for action
S: working on a java application for building a maze game
T: mst algorithm was wrong
A: because I was working on it, rly needed it to figure it out, I dived into the code as well
and tried to fix it myself, rearranged workload with them
R: got it working myself, did the upload right away, avoided other teammates getting
errors while using it, helped to leave us some more time before the deadline, avoided
errors
tell me about a time when you required some information from somebody else, but they
weren't responsive. what did you do? - Answer-9. bias for action
S: The Spur Group building dashboard
T: requested slalom built staffing dashboard for inspiration
TEST QUESTIONS WITH REVISED
AND UPDATED ANSWERS
what qualities do you look for in potential candiates when making hiring decisions? -
Answer-6. hire and develop the best
tell me about a time when you were dissatisfied with the quality of a project at work.
what did you do to improve it? - Answer-7. insist on highest standards
S: The Spur Group
T: Had some free time, finished building the main functionality of the dashboard
A: Did some style clean up, took initiative in reaching out to get JSON theme files,
researched on better visualization, tried other visualizations as a side for remarks
R: able to incorporate some of the new features i discovered on bench, saved time on
making them
tell me about a time when you motivated others to go above and beyond - Answer-7.
insist on highest standards
S: D3.js Data visualization
T: visualize world statistics of countries meeting MDG millenial development goals
A: insisted on building 3d map, shows benefits, it will be something innovative and help
us practice visualization skills
R: built a 3d projection map, won us nomination at the final presentation
describe a situation when you couldn't meet your standards and expectations on a task
- Answer-7. insist on highest standards
S: The Spur Group
T: Final prototype of the dashboard for production ready, a lot of gathered requirements
are still out there, approaching the end of the internship
A: maintained good data documentations for future work, focused on completing the
main requirements, main functionalities,
R: will be carried on by others to be put into production ready , current dashboard is
working
tell me about your most significant professional achievement - Answer-8. think big
S: Sushou Technology
T: negotiate with client on admin page
, A: not only about delivering technical solutions, but being able to understand who my
stakeholders are, what they want, and how to deliver results for my stakeholders, and
communication is key
R:
tell me about a time when you had to make a bold and challenging decisions - Answer-
8. think big
S: Research assistant
T: Wrangling results from population studies, and Qualtrics experiments
A: Usually manual on Excel, automated process in R
R: Saved time, reusable for future studies as well, reduced errors
tell me about a time when your vision led to a great impact - Answer-8. think big
S: C21 gesture
T: research students
A: interviews
provide an example of when you took a calculated risk - Answer-9. bias for action
S: research assistant
T: traditional vs innovative methods, excel vs R
A: innovative method, had experience using R, studied a lot of stats, the benefit is very
great because I can automate things
R: working r scripts, shortened our process, usual meta analysis takes days to organize,
I spent one day coding to organize all the files
S: applying for college
T: took risk with no safety school but good schools that match my gpa
A: worked very hard for those schools
R: for the benefit of me, will only take risk when the benefit is very great and can help
the team overall
describe a situation when you took the initiative to correct a problem or a mistake rather
than waiting for someone else to do it - Answer-9. bias for action
S: working on a java application for building a maze game
T: mst algorithm was wrong
A: because I was working on it, rly needed it to figure it out, I dived into the code as well
and tried to fix it myself, rearranged workload with them
R: got it working myself, did the upload right away, avoided other teammates getting
errors while using it, helped to leave us some more time before the deadline, avoided
errors
tell me about a time when you required some information from somebody else, but they
weren't responsive. what did you do? - Answer-9. bias for action
S: The Spur Group building dashboard
T: requested slalom built staffing dashboard for inspiration
