Amazon Interview Questions (2024)

11. How do you motivate yourself and others?

67. Amazon has 16 Leadership Principles. Name three of them and explain how you embody those principles.

76. What does Amazon's Leadership Principle 'Strive to be Earth's Best Employer' mean to you?

77. One of Amazon's newest Leadership Principles is 'Success and Scale Bring Broad Responsibility.' How does this principle resonate with you?

95. Name one person in your life that you consider a mentor. What impact have they had on you?

96. Tell me about a time you disagreed with a leader.

97. At Amazon, we seek to hire leaders. Tell me about a time you took the initiative to improve work-related procedures.

98. What qualities do you feel make a leader successful?

99. We want to hire people at Amazon with the desire to lead others. How many people did you supervise in your last position?

102. Tell me about a time you helped a coworker accomplish an important goal.

532. Tell me about a time you had to make a decision on your own

534. Describe a time when you had to stand firm in a situation

535. Talk about the most innovative project

536. Discuss your experience with a cross-functional project

537. What are your biggest strengths?

539. What was the last time you led and in what capacity?

544. Tell me about a time where you led a project from start to finish

545. Describe a time when you took initiative

556. Tell me about a time you were in a leadership situation

558. Tell me about a time when you had to convince a group of people to follow your advice

561. How do you demonstrate Amazon's leadership principle in your day-to-day?

568. How would you manage?

569. What's the most difficult project you have worked on?

585. Why do you want to join Amazon?

586. Describe a time you opted for long-term gains over short-term benefits

589. Tell me about a time you took a risk in a project

593. Tell me about a time you dealt with resistance

594. Tell me about a time when you challenged your boss's decision

596. Tell me about a time when you had to step outside your role to make things happen

597. Tell me about a time you had to correct a co-worker and how you did it

599. Tell me about a time you demonstrated bias for action

601. Tell me about a time you made an unpopular decision

603. Tell me about a time when you influenced change by only asking questions

604. Tell me about your proudest professional achievement

606. Tell me about a time you motivated an employee to assist with a project you were not directly responsible for

607. Describe a time you had to make a business-critical decision without consulting your manager

609. Tell me about a time you handled a difficult stakeholder

610. Tell me about a time you pivoted strategies and stakeholders disagreed

615. How do your past experiences align with our leadership principles?

636. Tell me about a time when you had to provide critical feedback to a peer

640. Tell me what you want to be doing this time next year

647. Provide examples for most of Amazon's leadership principles

664. What are you most proud of?

669. How have you demonstrated ownership of a project from start to finish?

671. How do you uphold high standards within a team environment?

673. Tell us about our start-up ecosystem network

678. How would you handle two disagreeing employees?

679. Describe a time when you were asked to take command even though it wasn't your job

690. What makes you better than other candidates?

700. How do you prove to disagree and commit?