1. Situation when you had multiple solutions to choose from but had a tight deadline so a quick decision had to be made.

2. Tell me about the time when you failed to give expected results?

3. What did you learn from the situation?

4. Tell me about a time when you had a conflict with a teammate? How did you resolved it?

5. Describe one of your projects and what did you learn from it?
			
6. What is the most innovative work you have done?

7. A time when you disagreed with your co-intern/buddy.
			
8. How did you handle the above situation
			
9. When you received a critical feedback. What was it and what did you do?

Tell me about a time where you sought out perspectives other than your own to make a product/service/project
better?
• Tell me about a time when you had to analyze facts quickly, define key issues, and respond immediately to a
situation. What was the outcome?
• Give me an example of a time you used customer feedback to drive improvement or innovation. What was the
situation and what action did you take?
• Tell me about a goal that you set that took a long time to achieve or that you are still working towards. How do
you keep focused on the goal given the other priorities you have?
• Tell me about a time when you linked two or more problems together and identified an underlying issue? Were
you able to find a solution?
• What three things you are you working on to improve your overall effectiveness?
• Give me an example of when you took an unpopular stance in a meeting with peers and your leader and you
were the outlier. What was it, why did you feel strongly about it, and what did you do?
• Tell me about a time you wouldn’t compromise on achieving a great outcome when others felt something was
good enough. What was the situation?
• Tell me about a time you made a hard decision to sacrifice short term gain for a longer term goal.
• How do you drive adoption for your vision/ideas? How do you know how well your idea or vision has been
adopted by other teams or partners? Give a specific example highlighting one of your ideas.
• Tell me about a time when you realized you needed to have a deeper level of subject matter expertise to do your
job well?

When you took on something significant outside your area of responsibility? why? (2 times)
 When you did not think you are going to meet a deadline you promised.
 How did you identify the risk and convey to stakeholders? 
 When you were able to deliver an important project under a tight deadline?
 What sacrifices did you make to do so?
 How did they impact and the outcome?
 When you did not know what to do next or how to solve a challenging problem.
 How do learn and what were the options considered.
 What was the best was forward and what was the outcome?
 When you worked you improve the quality of product of service that was already getting good customer feedback? Why did you do that and how did customer react.
 Describe a time when you took a calculated risk.


1. Details of my latest project.
2. My typical day at office.
3. If I had a conflict and how did I resolved it.
4. How much do I face customers.
5. Did I solved any time critical issue and what was the approach/impact.
6. Why Amazon.
7. Why applying for SDE1 with 10+ years of experience. Though 2 of the interviewers were in SDE role while they were senior like me and according to them, in Amazon it doesn't matter
8. If any decesion I had taken, gone wrong and what would I would like to change if I get another chance.
9. One time that I was not satisfied with status quo.
10. A difficult problem with deep analysis
11. One time that there were a quick way and a way to ensure quality to do something. How did you decide?
12. A complex problem that was solved in a simple way.
13. A difficult problem to solve.

1. Tell me a time when you took a risk, did it pay off? What would have you done differently?
2. Have you ever failed at something? What did you learn from it?
3. Have you ever had to make a tough decision without consulting anybody? (bias for action)
4. Time when you didn't meet a deadline?
5. Have you ever gone out of your way to help a peer? (ownership)
6. Tell me about a time when your teammate didn't agree with you? What did you do?
7. Time when you needed help from somebody?
8. Tell me about a time where you had limited time and how it impacted?
9. Tell me about a time when your teammate didn't agree with you? What did you do?