Describe Overcoming Obstacles and Taking Calculated Risks

Q: Describe Overcoming Obstacles and Taking Calculated Risks

This question evaluates a candidate's competency in risk assessment, judgment, ownership, resilience, and data-driven decision-making in the context of a Data Scientist role.

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Behavioral: Calculated Risk and Anticipated Obstacle (STAR)

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You are interviewing for a Data Scientist role in an Amazon leadership phone screen. The interviewer is assessing risk-taking, judgment, ownership, and resilience under Amazon's leadership principles.

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Tell me about a time you took a calculated risk. What was the outcome?
Describe a significant and anticipated obstacle you had to overcome. How did you handle it?

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Use the STAR method (Situation, Task, Action, Result).
Make the risk "calculated": show data-driven reasoning, mitigation, and contingency plans.
Quantify impact (e.g., customer, revenue, latency, accuracy, cost).
Highlight what you learned and how you applied it later.

Describe Overcoming Obstacles and Taking Calculated Risks

Behavioral: Calculated Risk and Anticipated Obstacle (STAR)

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