How to prepare for Amazon Behavioral Interview?

You need to have the best stories, that demonstrate you at your best, prepared. Do not game it. Do not over prepare trying to have a situation for every LP. We could edit the list, like Frugality practically never gets asked, but it doesn’t matter. If you try to figure out a “good story” for every LP, you’re going to try to guess which LP or LPs they are after with each question, then you’ll rattle off your prepared story. And they likely won’t get the data they need.

For major initiatives, be able to talk about important decisions you made, results, what you could have done better, and what you learned that you’ve applied elsewhere. Don’t try to spin it as customer obsession or disagree and commit. Tell the story, and expect follow-ups.

If you’re asked about difficult customer and you’ve never worked directly with a customer, you have to use a proxy. “Our PMs are the voice of our customers, and brought us a problem that seemed impossible to solve, and wouldn’t budge” or “our project manager was very inflexible with status reporting and it took a toll on myself and the team, and I worked with them to change it like this…” or “my lead had brought me a design, and asked I implement it as is, but I saw some problems and was having trouble convincing them to change.”. It doesn’t have to literally be a customer. You can say “internal customer” or “partner” to be clear.

Don’t memorize a story unless you really can’t explain things in near real time. Essentially, if you can get by with some cards or notes that detail high points of each story, do that.