Preparing Your Interview

Remember during your interview the type of person Amazon wants.
Someone who is:
  • Customer-focussed
  • A team player
  • Willing to go the extra mile
  • Reliable
  • Pays attention to detail

Traditional Interviewing Questions:

You will be asked general questions such as "Tell me about yourself", “Why do you want to work for us”.

some examples questions could include:

Why do you want to work for Amazon?

What are your strengths?

What areas do you need to develop?

What do you know about the company?

How would your previous boss / co worker describe you?

What do you like to do outside of work?

Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

Competency Based Interviewing:

Amazon have a checklist of which skills are necessary for the job and then ask to find out if the candidate has those skills. 

Remember –Amazon will always be asking the question “What’s in it for me?” when interviewing you.  They want to know what you will bring to the role and the benefit to them of employing you.

To assess the skills needed for the role; review the job specification, research similar jobs and think carefully about examples of where you have demonstrated relevant skills before. 

Your interview preparation should include identifying examples of situations from your experiences on your CV where you have demonstrated the behaviours a given company seeks. 

During the interview, your responses need to be specific and detailed. Tell them about a specific situation that relates to the question, not a general one. Briefly tell them about the situation, what you did specifically, and most importantly the positive result or outcome. Your answer should contain these four steps (Situation, Target, Action, Result or "STAR") for optimum success. 

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STAR Method

 

Situation: give an example of a situation you were involved in that resulted in a positive outcome

 

Task: describe what you set out to achieve

 

Action: talk about the various actions involved in the situation’s task

 

Results: what results directly followed because of your actions

 

*** Remember – The employer will always be asking the question “What’s in it for me?” when interviewing you.  They want to know what you will bring to the role and the benefit to them of employing you***

 


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