Amazon Area Manager Assessment Amazon Leadership Principles

Question 1

How many Leadership Principles does Amazon currently publish?

Accepted Answer

16

Answer

Amazon added 'Strive to be Earth's Best Employer' and 'Success and Scale Bring Broad Responsibility' in 2021, which took the list from 14 to 16 principles.

Question 2

Which Leadership Principle does Amazon usually list first and treat as the starting point for decisions?

Accepted Answer

Customer Obsession

Answer

Customer Obsession comes first: leaders start with the customer and work backwards, earning and keeping customer trust.

Question 3

An Area Manager disagrees with a senior manager's plan to change a process path but goes along with it to avoid conflict. Which principle did they fail to show?

Accepted Answer

Have Backbone; Disagree and Commit

Answer

Have Backbone; Disagree and Commit asks leaders to challenge decisions they disagree with respectfully, even when it's uncomfortable, and then commit fully once a decision is made.

Question 4

Which principle is best shown by a manager who spots a recurring jam on a conveyor outside their own area and makes sure it gets fixed, instead of saying 'that's not my department'?

Accepted Answer

Ownership

Answer

Under Ownership, leaders act on behalf of the whole company, not just their own team, and never say 'that's not my job.'

Question 5

The principle 'Bias for Action' says that speed matters because:

Accepted Answer

Many decisions and actions are reversible and don't need extensive study

Answer

Bias for Action stresses that many decisions are reversible ('two-way doors'), so calculated risk-taking is valued over long analysis.

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Amazon Area Manager Assessment Amazon Leadership Principles