Prepping for interviews and am just now noticing the insane amount of prep needed for Amazon / AWS. 14 leadership principles, with each position having about ~10 key ones, and interviewers asking about 2 stories for each. So 20 stories. Not to mention the technical component which requires a formal education or years of work experience.

This, as opposed to McKinsey, which has 3 key principles, with interviewers asking 1, MAYBE 2 stories each. So up to 6 needed.

The difference is insane.

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It’s a lot. I just completed the loop. I had my stories written out. Thank god it was virtual so I could look at my cheat sheet. It was insane.

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How do you even come up with that many meaningful stories? Just bs?

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You can't BS because you will spend 15 minutes discussing each story. They will probe deep and it will be conversational, which inevitably causes bs'd stories to fall apart quickly.

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Following that’s a lot

Also noticed that McK even tells you in advance which principle they will quiz you on for that PEI. So you don't even have to have all your stories down for your first few PEIs.

Sorry I’m dumb. What are stories?

Actual stories you tell in response to STAR method behavioral questions

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