Amazon (or AWS, assuming) will be much more impressed with your understanding of their culture and approach to business management over your direct experience. To get to the second/third rounds, you need to memorize the ALPs and reference them whenever you can. https://www.amazon.jobs/en/principles EX: Tell me about a project that didn't turn out as expected. "It was a 'bias for action' opportunity for me to address the issue personally and improve on the initial direction before impending financial impacts to the project." EX: Tell me about a time you knew the client wanted a different direction. "I readdressed the team lead and 'had backbone, disagreed and committed' by submitting offline conversations they possibly weren't aware of, which corrected the project's course and saved countless hours in production time." The higher up the position is, the more sales and "pitch" aspects of projects and work you get brought into, so make sure to focus on saving money/ time in situational responses if you can. Get your stock options and get out while you can, though. Answer from Unanimous_Seps on reddit.com