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36-Day Amazon PM Study Guide
Day 1. Getting familiar with Amazon’s PM Interview
Tasks
Search Google and read Lewis’ Amazon PM interview process overview: “How to Prepare for the Amazon
Product Manager Interview”
Goal
Get to know the scope and nature of the Amazon PM interview.
Day 2. Traditional and behavioral questions
Tasks
 Read the “Winning the Behavioral Interview” chapter in Decode and Conquer.
 Review Amazon’s Leadership Principles: www.amazon.jobs/principles
 Draft and polish your answers for the following questions:
o Tell me about yourself.
o Why Amazon?
 Practice and get feedback from your practice partner
Goals
Of all the tech companies, Amazon is the most devoted to its corporate values, called the Amazon Leadership
Principles. This devotion manifests itself heavily in their interview process. At least half of your interview
questions will be behavioral in nature, focused on their 14 Leadership Principles.
Internalize Amazon’s values deeply as you will have a lot of work ahead of you when preparing your behavioral
interview responses.
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Day 3-7. Drafting responses to behavioral questions
Task
Using the DIGS Method™, prepare behavioral interview responses for each Amazon Leadership Principle below.
To make it easier for you, I have provided this template for you to draft your responses:
bit.ly/AMZNInterviewStories.
AMAZON PRINCIPLE SUGGESTED QUESTION SAMPLE ANSWER*
Customer Obsession Walk us through a time when you helped a customer
through a difficult process and what that looked like.
Helping a Customer
Ownership Give me an example of when you took a risk and
failed.
Risk and Failure
Invent and Simplify Tell me a time when you created an innovative
product.
Creating an Innovative
Product
Are Right, A Lot Tell me about a time when you observed two
business opportunities to improve ROI, and how did
you determine they were connected?
Connected ROI
Learn and Be Curious How do you find the time to stay inspired, acquire
new knowledge, and innovate in your work?
Learning Outside of Work
Hire and Develop The
Best
Tell me about a time when you had to deal with a
poor performer on your team.
N/A
Insist on the Highest
Standards
Tell me a time when you could have stopped
working on something but you persisted.
N/A
Think Big Tell me a time when you proposed a new business. See chapter Strategy: New
Market Entry for
inspiration
Bias for Action Describe how you would handle a busy situation
where three people are waiting for help from you.
Handling a Busy Situation
Frugality Tell me a time when you came up with a clever way
to save money for the company.
N/A
Earn Trust Tell me a time when you earned the trust of a group. Earning the Trust of a
Group
Dive Deep Tell me about a time when you had to dive deep into
data and the results you achieved.
Diving Deep into Data
Have Backbone; Disagree
and Commit
Tell me about the most difficult interaction you had
at work.
Most Difficult Interaction
Deliver Results Tell me a time when you overcame an obstacle and
delivered the results.
Overcoming an Obstacle
*Refer to the table of contents for the appropriate section in this book
Source / The Product Manager Interview and Amazon.com website
Goals
Complete drafts for each Amazon Leadership Principle.
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Day 8. Get feedback to your behavioral responses
Task
Find a practice partner and get feedback on your responses. You can either present your stories in outline form
or a more formal mock interview setting.
Goal
Have answers that are:
 Easy-to-understand and follow
 Thoughtful
 Indicate your role in the story, especially whether you were an owner vs. a participant
 Have an impressive, not merely good, achievement
Day 9 and 10. Get familiar with lifetime value questions
Background Reading
 Read the Lifetime Value chapter in Interview Math.
 Follow the lifetime value (LTV) example in Interview Math: Starbucks’ Lifetime Value.
Exercises
Do the following exercises:
 In The Product Manager Interview
o Apple iPhone LTV
o Kindle Pricing Error
 In Interview Math
o AT&T New iPhone Promotion
o American Express I
o American Express II
o Crest Toothpaste
o New York Times Website
Goal
 Internalize the LTV framework.
 Gain mastery in applying LTV, in detail, to a variety of challenging questions.
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Day 11 and 12. Get familiar with pricing questions
Background Reading
Get familiar with the two categories of pricing questions, new and existing products, by reading the Pricing
chapter in Rise Above the Noise.
Exercises
Do the following exercises:
 Existing Product Pricing in Interview Math
o Google Nexus Phone
o Star Wars 7 Ticket Price
o Starbucks Coffee Latte
 New Product Pricing in The Product Manager Interview
o Google Driverless Car Pricing
o Google and Teleportation
o Pricing UberX
Goals
 Know the difference when pricing existing and new products.
 Know which framework to use for each one.
 Gain proficiency in answering both types of questions
Day 13 to 36. Follow Day 2 to 25 from the Google PM prep guide
Substitute exercises with Amazon-specific ones from The Product Manager Interview. Amazon interviews are
unlikely to include coding or technical interview questions, so you can disregard technical interview prep, if you
are short on time.

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36-Day Amazon PM Interview Study Guide

  • 1. 18 36-Day Amazon PM Study Guide Day 1. Getting familiar with Amazon’s PM Interview Tasks Search Google and read Lewis’ Amazon PM interview process overview: “How to Prepare for the Amazon Product Manager Interview” Goal Get to know the scope and nature of the Amazon PM interview. Day 2. Traditional and behavioral questions Tasks  Read the “Winning the Behavioral Interview” chapter in Decode and Conquer.  Review Amazon’s Leadership Principles: www.amazon.jobs/principles  Draft and polish your answers for the following questions: o Tell me about yourself. o Why Amazon?  Practice and get feedback from your practice partner Goals Of all the tech companies, Amazon is the most devoted to its corporate values, called the Amazon Leadership Principles. This devotion manifests itself heavily in their interview process. At least half of your interview questions will be behavioral in nature, focused on their 14 Leadership Principles. Internalize Amazon’s values deeply as you will have a lot of work ahead of you when preparing your behavioral interview responses.
  • 2. 19 Day 3-7. Drafting responses to behavioral questions Task Using the DIGS Method™, prepare behavioral interview responses for each Amazon Leadership Principle below. To make it easier for you, I have provided this template for you to draft your responses: bit.ly/AMZNInterviewStories. AMAZON PRINCIPLE SUGGESTED QUESTION SAMPLE ANSWER* Customer Obsession Walk us through a time when you helped a customer through a difficult process and what that looked like. Helping a Customer Ownership Give me an example of when you took a risk and failed. Risk and Failure Invent and Simplify Tell me a time when you created an innovative product. Creating an Innovative Product Are Right, A Lot Tell me about a time when you observed two business opportunities to improve ROI, and how did you determine they were connected? Connected ROI Learn and Be Curious How do you find the time to stay inspired, acquire new knowledge, and innovate in your work? Learning Outside of Work Hire and Develop The Best Tell me about a time when you had to deal with a poor performer on your team. N/A Insist on the Highest Standards Tell me a time when you could have stopped working on something but you persisted. N/A Think Big Tell me a time when you proposed a new business. See chapter Strategy: New Market Entry for inspiration Bias for Action Describe how you would handle a busy situation where three people are waiting for help from you. Handling a Busy Situation Frugality Tell me a time when you came up with a clever way to save money for the company. N/A Earn Trust Tell me a time when you earned the trust of a group. Earning the Trust of a Group Dive Deep Tell me about a time when you had to dive deep into data and the results you achieved. Diving Deep into Data Have Backbone; Disagree and Commit Tell me about the most difficult interaction you had at work. Most Difficult Interaction Deliver Results Tell me a time when you overcame an obstacle and delivered the results. Overcoming an Obstacle *Refer to the table of contents for the appropriate section in this book Source / The Product Manager Interview and Amazon.com website Goals Complete drafts for each Amazon Leadership Principle.
  • 3. 20 Day 8. Get feedback to your behavioral responses Task Find a practice partner and get feedback on your responses. You can either present your stories in outline form or a more formal mock interview setting. Goal Have answers that are:  Easy-to-understand and follow  Thoughtful  Indicate your role in the story, especially whether you were an owner vs. a participant  Have an impressive, not merely good, achievement Day 9 and 10. Get familiar with lifetime value questions Background Reading  Read the Lifetime Value chapter in Interview Math.  Follow the lifetime value (LTV) example in Interview Math: Starbucks’ Lifetime Value. Exercises Do the following exercises:  In The Product Manager Interview o Apple iPhone LTV o Kindle Pricing Error  In Interview Math o AT&T New iPhone Promotion o American Express I o American Express II o Crest Toothpaste o New York Times Website Goal  Internalize the LTV framework.  Gain mastery in applying LTV, in detail, to a variety of challenging questions.
  • 4. 21 Day 11 and 12. Get familiar with pricing questions Background Reading Get familiar with the two categories of pricing questions, new and existing products, by reading the Pricing chapter in Rise Above the Noise. Exercises Do the following exercises:  Existing Product Pricing in Interview Math o Google Nexus Phone o Star Wars 7 Ticket Price o Starbucks Coffee Latte  New Product Pricing in The Product Manager Interview o Google Driverless Car Pricing o Google and Teleportation o Pricing UberX Goals  Know the difference when pricing existing and new products.  Know which framework to use for each one.  Gain proficiency in answering both types of questions Day 13 to 36. Follow Day 2 to 25 from the Google PM prep guide Substitute exercises with Amazon-specific ones from The Product Manager Interview. Amazon interviews are unlikely to include coding or technical interview questions, so you can disregard technical interview prep, if you are short on time.