So I had amazon onsite recently and I was asked a lot of LP questions and I was able answer the questions reasonably not very good answers. But it got me thinking am I eligible for Amazon or will I fit if I get the job ( which I think I won't).
This is because one of the question was how I convinced other team to make changes in their module when I changed some interface. I don't usually get into these scenarios but whenever I did faced such situations it was super easy, people I work with are understanding and might will change without any convincing or may be I myself will do it. Another question was about conflicts, I hardly have had any disagreements or if I had, maybe in that case I was wrong or we will come to common ground just after a small talk. There were a lot of these kind of questions on collaboration.
This got me thinking may be I work in a team where there is not much of collaboration needed or work at Amazon involved a lot of cross team collaboration. Is that so?
Also what should I do to improve on this situation, I have 4 years of experience while I do come up with new things to improve in my project/module, I particularly don't do much to improve on a bigger level. Whereas amazon asked questions in that area too.
TLDR: Do you guys at Amazon live by LP?
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Passed with flying colors. Do your homework and it’s not that hard.
Most people exaggerate situations when asked about some LP questions. Think about what the person is evaluating - for eg, it’s not about if or not you faced conflicts; it’s about if there’s a conflict, are you capable of navigating and clearing it or not.
-you won the argument, then you can’t earn others trust
- or they won it, then you are not a leader who is mostly right.