Behavioral (Amazon LP): Dive Deep & Ownership
The interviewer will probe your prior work and may connect follow-ups to the technical discussion.
Prompts
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Dive Deep
: Tell me about a time you debugged a complex production issue or performance regression. How did you narrow down root cause, validate hypotheses, and prevent recurrence?
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Ownership
: Tell me about a time you took ownership of an ambiguous problem end-to-end (requirements unclear, cross-team dependencies, or no clear owner). How did you drive it to completion?
Follow-ups to prepare for
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What data/metrics did you use?
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What trade-offs did you make and why?
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What did you do when you were blocked?
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What would you do differently next time?
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How did you ensure the fix was safe (testing, rollout, rollback)?