# 35 behavioral questions asked in 95% of Amazon interviews with examples

**Team / time management (positive & negative) <https://youtu.be/CQG4Ui0oAmk>**

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2\. Describe a long-term project that you managed. How did you keep everything moving along in a timely manner?

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3\. Give me an example of a time when you set a goal and were able to meet or achieve it

Adaptation <https://youtu.be/ys7fLcH5gpg>

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4\. Tell me about a time you had to quickly adjust your work priorities to meet changing demands.

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**Team / decision <https://youtu.be/3NExTeMnobU>**

5\. an example when you had to push back to HQ or challenged a decision

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6\. Tell me about the toughest decision you've had to make in the past six months

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7\. Tell me about a decision that you regret.

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**Team / leadership <https://youtu.be/Tg6BVRTsuic>**

8\. What did you do when you needed to motivate a group of individuals?

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9\. Tell me about a time you stepped up into a leadership role

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**Team / communication & negotiation <https://youtu.be/UJXkaide9bU>**

10\. Do you collaborate well?

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11\. Describe a situation when you negotiated with others in your organization to reach agreement.

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**Team / coworkers <https://youtu.be/ZsxkoZdyEcw>**

12\. We've all had to work with people that don't like us. How do you deal with someone that doesn't like you?

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13\. We all make mistakes we wish we could take back. Tell me about a time you wish you’d handled a situation differently with a colleague.

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14\. The last time you had to apologize to someone

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**Team / conflict <https://youtu.be/Zz8iQ852YMs>**

15\. Give me an example of a time you faced a conflict while working on a team. How did you handle that?

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16\. Tell me about a time when you received negative feedback from your manager. How did you respond?

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**Problem solving <https://youtu.be/2XxCUain1IU>**

17\. Tell me about a time when you missed an obvious solution to a problem

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18\. A time when you faced a problem that had multiple possible solutions

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19\. Tell me about a time when you came up with a new approach to a problem.

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20\. Describe a time when you anticipated potential problems and developed preventive measures.

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21\. Describe a situation in which you found a creative way to overcome an obstacle.

Strategy / data <https://youtu.be/oRGKHTiM29E>

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22\. How have you leveraged data to develop a strategy?

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23\. a time when you were 75% through a project, & you had to pivot strategy

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24\. Tell me about a time when you had to choose between technologies for a project

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25\. Tell me about a time you had to deal with ambiguity

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Innovation <https://youtu.be/774ovkE2y5I>

26\. What’s the most innovative new idea that you have implemented?

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Ownership principle <https://youtu.be/Rn3EjvukTkI>

27\. Describe a time when you sacrificed short term goals for long term success

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28\. Provide an example of when you personally demonstrate ownership.

Strength / weakness <https://youtu.be/q8fK73QjmbA>

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29\. What's your greatest strength

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30\. Biggest weakness

Clients <https://youtu.be/OFEUzyB12rE>

I get nervous when I need to speak in front of a large group. In my second year, my Advisor asked me to do a presentation in the joint retreat of our department, and I did it quite bad., I got so nervous and could not understand the questions asked. I realized that this is a big problem for me, so I kept taking English courses provided where you need to present every class. Also, I am TAing many semesters, so the situation get much better. Now I am comfortable presenting for small team, but for large group of people. I am still not sure if I can do it confidently.

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31\. We all deal with difficult customers from time to time. Tell me about a challenging client-facing situation and how you handled it.

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32\. How do you show customer obsession?

Failure <https://youtu.be/eaUUeFoB9CQ>

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33\. Tell me about a time you recovered from a difficult situation

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34\. Tell me about a time you failed and what you learned from it

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35\. Why Amazon <https://youtu.be/H_KGM0i9jkA>

The reason that I am interested in Amazon and especially AWS is that I think people here are tool builders. At the beginning, I like Amazon because of kindle. I like reading hardcopy books when I was a undergraduate, but the books are causing trouble when I need to move, and then I found e-readers back in China. But those ones have all kinds of shortcomings, such as the high latency. &#x20;

Later I bought kindle and everything goes so smoothly. When I was working on my side projects, I used AWS EC2 and S3, and although I had quite few users, but I know I don’t need to worry even I got many users, because AWS will take care of the scalability for me. Also, I am a new graduate, I want to work hard and learn all kinds of things, and based on my reading, people are saying you can gain more skills in Amazon compared to other companies.
