
Learn the interview structure at Amazon, master the star framework, and integrate leadership principles to excel. Prepare effectively to build confidence and reach your potential in the Amazon interview.
Explore Amazon interview stages from online assessments to phone screens and onsite panels, focusing on behavioral, technical, and leadership-principle questions that reveal cultural fitness.
Learn how to use the star method—situation, task, action, result—to craft evidence-based, aligned answers for Amazon interviews, with leadership principles and practical example questions.
Master the star method to structure responses for behavioral and situational interview questions by detailing situation, task, action, and result, including the company industry role context for Amazon interviews.
Explore Amazon's 16 leadership principles as core values and a daily decision framework, guiding meetings and interviews with concepts like customer obsession, bias for action, Earth's Best employer, and sustainability.
Explore key Amazon leadership principles, including customer obsession, invent and simplify, and bias for action, and learn how internal and external customers shape interview readiness.
Learn to weave Amazon leadership principles into interview responses by prioritizing relevant principles, preparing STAR-based real-life examples, and using the principles' language to align with the role and Amazon culture.
Identify and avoid common Amazon interview mistakes, including neglecting leadership principles, lacking star structure, vague or overly long answers, poor preparation, and failing to demonstrate ownership with quantified results.
Master a step-by-step approach to Amazon interviews by understanding the role, internalizing leadership principles, preparing star stories, mock interviews, tailoring responses, preparing questions, and final readiness.
Create a tailored cheat sheet for interviews by aligning 6–8 leadership principles with 1–2 personal or academic examples, structured in the star method for quick reference.
Explore ten high-priority Amazon interview questions, including customer obsession, deliver results, dive deep, earn trust, frugality, backbone, disagree and commit, insist on standards, and think big.
Apply the star method with a live example of going above and beyond for a customer, highlighting ownership, deep-dive analysis, cross-functional collaboration, and resulting satisfaction and revenue gains.
Build confidence by using anxiety-reducing techniques like deep breathing (inhale 4 seconds, hold 4, exhale 6), positive visualization, active listening, deliberate response pacing, and preparation.
The lecture summarizes the Amazon competency based interview process, star method, and leadership principles, plus practical prep, a tailored cheat sheet, and ten high-priority questions with sample answers.
I am a Procurement & Supply Chain Transformation Director with 10+ years of professional experience (including 8 years at Amazon) as an Hiring Manager.
I have reviewed thousands of CV's, interviewed 200+ candidates and interview prepped 100+ people and I understand deeply the Amazon interview process, how to perform well, and what hiring committees are looking for when making a decision.
This course is designed to help individuals who are interested in applying for positions at Amazon. You will learn how to effectively prepare for and pass an interview using the STAR method and the Amazon leadership principles.
The course will cover the key concepts and strategies needed to showcase your skills and experiences in alignment with Amazon's expectations. By the end of the course, you will have a solid understanding of the interview process at Amazon and be equipped with the tools to confidently navigate it.
Course Objectives:
Understand the Amazon interview process
Understand the STAR method and its application in Amazon interviews
Familiarize with the 16 Amazon leadership principles and their significance in the interview process, including tips on do's/dont's
Learn how to effectively prepare for an interview at Amazon (including practical tips i.e. the "cheat sheet")
Gain confidence in passing the interview with the top 5 Amazon interview questions (taken from the Amazon question bank!) and a demonstration of compelling answers (1 live during the course and 4 provided to you in writing in a 5 pages world file you will be able to download!)
Knowledge checks:
At the end of each key course section, you'll have a short Quiz (4, in total) to assess your understanding, reinforce learning and track progress!
Course material:
You will not need to take notes. At the end of the course, you can download a pdf version of the presentation
You'll be able to download the top 5 Amazon interview questions with examples of compelling answers
I hope you enjoy the course, see you soon!