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1
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If you get asked, “Tell me about a time you showed customer obsession” should your answer use the exact words “customer obsession”? Not necessarily. You can say you “…” or “…” or “…”

A

value customers
pay attention to customers
are customer oriented

2
Q

Leaders start with the customer and work backwards. They work … to earn and keep customer trust. Although leaders pay attention to competitors, they … over customers.

A

vigorously

obsess

3
Q

Leaders are owners. They think long term and don’t … long-term value for short-term results. They act on behalf of the entire company, beyond just their own team. They never say “that’s not my job”.

A

sacrifice

4
Q

Leaders expect and require … and … from their teams and always find ways to … They are externally …, look for new ideas from everywhere, and are not … by “not invented here”. As we do new things, we accept that we may be … for long periods of time.

A
innovation
invention
simplify
aware
limited
misunderstood
5
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Leaders are … a lot. They have strong … and good … They … diverse perspectives and work to … their beliefs.

A
right
judgment
instincts
seek
disconfirm
6
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Leaders are never … learning and always … to improve themselves. They are … about new possibilities and act to … them.

A

done
seek
curious
explore

7
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Leaders raise the performance … with every hire and promotion. They recognize … talent, and … move them throughout the organization. Leaders develop leaders and take seriously their role in … others. We work on behalf of our people to invent mechanisms for development like Career Choice.

A

bar
exceptional
willingly
coaching

8
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Leaders have … high standards - many people may think these standards are … high. Leaders are … raising the bar and driving their teams to deliver high quality products, services and processes. Leaders … that … do not get sent down the line and that problems are fixed so they stay fixed.

A
relentlessly
unreasonably
continually
ensure
defects
9
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Thinking small is a self-fulfilling … Leaders create and communicate a bold direction that … results. They think differently and look around … for ways to serve customers.

A

prophecy
inspires
corners

10
Q

Bias for Action:
Speed matters in business. Many decisions and actions are … and do not need extensive study. We value calculated risk …

A

reversible

taking

11
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Accomplish more with less. Constraints … resourcefulness, self-sufficiency and invention. There are no extra points for growing headcount, budget size or fixed expense.

A

breed

12
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Leaders listen …, speak …, and treat others … They are vocally self-critical, even when doing so is … or embarrassing. Leaders do not believe their or their team’s body … smells of perfume. They benchmark themselves and their teams against the best.

A
attentively
candidly
respectfully
awkward
odor
13
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Leaders operate at all levels, stay connected to the details, … frequently, and are … when metrics and anecdote differ. No task is beneath them.

A

audit

skeptical

14
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Leaders are obligated to respectfully … decisions when they disagree, even when doing so is uncomfortable or exhausting. Leaders have … and are tenacious. They do not … for the sake of social cohesion. Once a decision is determined, they … wholly.

A

challenge
conviction
compromise
commit

15
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Leaders focus on the key inputs for their business and deliver them with the right quality and in a … fashion. Despite …, they rise to the occasion and never settle.

A

timely

setbacks

16
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in a way that involves physical strength, effort, or energy; strenuously.

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vigorously

17
Q

she shook her head …

A

vigorously

18
Q

show that (a belief or hypothesis) is not or may not be true.

A

disconfirm

19
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later updates on the news story … many details of the initial report

A

disconfirmed

20
Q

we will never be able to confirm or … the existence of God

A

disconfirm

21
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continuing in a determined way without any interruption

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relentless

22
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a prediction of something to come

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prophecy

23
Q

… design and code reviews

A

conduct

24
Q

Write out specific examples of the problem, and see if you can figure out a …

A

general rule

25
Q

A … note can be formed by cutting words out of a magazine to form a new sentence.

A

ransom

26
Q

Consider what problems the algorithm is similar to, and … if you can modify the solution to develop an algorithm for this problem.

A

figure out

27
Q

Change a constraint (data type, size, etc) to simplify the problem. Then try to solve it. Once you have an algorithm for the “simplified” problem, … the problem again.

A

generalize

28
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Solve the algorithm first for a base case (e.g., just one element). Then, try to solve it for elements one and two, … that you have the answer for element one. Then, try to solve it for elements one, two and three, assuming that you have the answer to elements one and two.

A

assuming

29
Q

Base Case and Build Algorithms often lead to natural … algorithms.

A

recursive

30
Q

This is …, but it often works. Simply run through a list of data structures and try to apply each one.

A

hacky

31
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binary trees do … with ordering

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fairly well

32
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if you had two heaps, you could keep track of the biggest half and the smallest half of the elements. The biggest half … in a min heap and the smallest half … in a max heap

A

is kept

33
Q

Many candidates spend all their time prepping for technical questions and … the behavioral questions.

A

overlook

34
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When asked a question, break your answer into three parts (… / … / …, Issue 1 / Issue 2 / Issue 3, etc) and speak for just a couple sentences about each.

A

Situation
Action
Response

35
Q

A good interviewer will stretch your mind. They’ll want to see you struggle with a difficult problem. If a candidate is good, they’ll ask harder and tougher questions until he/she is ..! Thus, if you have trouble on a question, all it means is that the interviewer is doing their job!

A

stumped

36
Q

this problem has had me … for years

A

stumped

37
Q

DFS involves searching a node and all its children before … to its siblings.

A

proceeding

38
Q

BFS involves searching a node and its … before … to any children.

A

siblings

going on

39
Q

a balanced tree is defined to be a tree such that no two leaf nodes differ … … from the root by more than one.

A

in distance

40
Q

Amazon has a very ambiguous environment. Therefore, some of the questions that will be asked will purposely be …

A

vague

41
Q

I appreciate the … with which your company operates as I got this email an hour after I applied and I am very enthusiastic to be a member of such a time-conscious team.

A

swiftness