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Leadership Principle question list

This is a rehearsal click-list for Adarsh Vishwakarma. Click a question, jump to that family’s Q&A card. The official sixteen Leadership Principles are on aboutamazon.com. Other candidates’ leftover-hour stems are shape evidence. They are not a list for Job 10454435. That Job ID still has no public named live-round question. Unnamed stays unnamed. R1 was 13 Aug 2026. R2 was 18 Aug 2026. R3 is done. This folder is Round 4 only. Full spoken STARs live in chapter 3. This page is which question → which card.

How to use this list

Click the question they just used. The link opens the matching card on answers A (Customer Obsession through Frugality) or answers B (Earn Trust through Success and Scale). Speak that card. Stop. This page is not a second STAR dump.

What they might ask

Labels on the list: IE-asked = another leftover hour named this family. Resume-derived = speakable from the Aug 2026 PDF. Notes = handwritten room story (IQVIA DOM demo, Ylogx client crash). Other loop, not a forecast for Job 10454435.

What you say

Situation in about fifteen seconds: product, who hurt, why the obvious path failed. Task in about ten: what you owned, intern title honest. Action in about forty: three mechanisms, plus the option you discarded. Result in about fifteen: one resume family, then stop.

I take the question they asked. I do not pause to name the poster. I stay on one product. If that product already appeared this hour, I use the backup named on the card — a second story, not a fourth trophy on the same intern.

They might ask next

If they askYou answer
What did you implement?The module on that card. Follow-ups unpack the same story.
They name the principle onlyUse the locked first story in the sixteen-name table. Full prose is in chapter 3.
They already heard that projectOpen the same family card and speak the backup named there.
Why Amazon / intro / current role / questions for themThose are not LP STARs. Use chapter 10.

Keep straight

Tighten

Click, speak, stop. If they want another prompt, start the next family. Spoken STAR prose stays in chapter 3. Leftover wording you already mapped in chapter 4 is the same family, not a new story.

What is an LP question versus a behavioral question

Same leftover hour. Two piles. An LP question wants a STAR that sits on one of the sixteen official principles. A behavioral question is still talk, but it is not that STAR.

LP question — this chapter

A “tell me about a time…” or a named principle that maps to one of the sixteen Leadership Principles.

Customer extra, ownership extra, feedback, missed deadline, disagreement, dive deep, calculated risk, scale after quality — click the family below.

Behavioral question — chapter 10

Why Amazon, ninety-second intro, current role, walk the resume, best / worst project, GenAI habits, questions for them, I versus we, how you approach a problem.

Those cards live on 10. Behavioral. This page does not rewrite them.

What they might ask

IE-asked leftover hours mixed both piles in one sitting. Shape evidence, not Job 10454435.

What you say

If the prompt is a time-you-did-X that sits on a principle, I open the LP card on this list. If the prompt is why Amazon, current role, intro, or questions for them, I go to chapter 10. I do not tell two STARs for the same event.

They might ask next

If they askYou answer
Feedback, deadline, extra task, conflictThose live here. Chapter 10 only links to the same card. No second STAR.
Project genesis / how did this startBehavioral. Chapter 10.
Most proud / most challenging as a pick, not a principleBehavioral pick. The story you then tell still uses one chapter-3 STAR.

Keep straight

Tighten

One event, one spoken STAR per hour unless they change the principle and you have already used that product. Then name the backup on the card.

Which families other loops repeated

This is leftover-hour shape from other candidates. It is not a forecast that Job 10454435 will ask these. Use it to decide which cards you can open cold.

What they might ask

IE-asked as theme across several leftover hours (other loops). Unnamed stays unnamed for this Job ID.

What you say

If they hit a very-strong family, I already know the card: feedback → Argus 73% (or GiftedBooks README if they opened GitHub). Missed deadline → risk I flagged; the resume has no missed ERC and no missed 99.9%. Disagreement → IQVIA hybrid versus vector-only.

They might ask next

Repeat strengthFamilyCard
Very strong Critical / negative / tough feedback q-et-feedback
Very strong Missed deadline / missed commitment q-dr-missed
Very strong Disagreed with a manager or senior q-bb-disagree
Strong Exceeded expectations / beyond the task q-hs-exceeded · q-own-extra
Strong Calculated risk q-bfa-risk
Strong Deep dive with POCs / multiple solutions q-dd-pocs
Strong — behavioral Project genesis (how the work started) chapter 10, not a twin STAR here

AUTA leftover hours also named these principles out loud (still other loops): Dive Deep, Ownership, Have Backbone, Customer Obsession, Learn and Be Curious, Earn Trust.

Keep straight

Tighten

Rehearse the three very-strong cards until you can start them without looking. Then the rest of the list is a jump table.

Sixteen official names and locked first stories

One-line definitions are from Amazon’s Leadership Principles. The locked first story is what you speak if they name the principle and have not heard that product yet. Full spoken STAR: chapter 3.

What they might ask

Resume-derived lock. Official wording from aboutamazon.com.

What you say

I do not recite sixteen names. If they name one principle, I tell the locked first story. If they name none, I start Dive Deep on Ylogx Redis and RLS.

They might ask next

Leadership Principle Official one-liner Locked first story Spoken STAR
Customer Obsession Leaders start with the customer and work backwards. GiftedBooks hours → 3–10 min ch 3
Ownership Leaders are owners. They never say “that’s not my job.” Ylogx RLS + 99.9% ch 3
Invent and Simplify Leaders require invention and always find ways to simplify. IQVIA Hybrid RAG ch 3
Are Right, A Lot Leaders are right a lot. They work to disconfirm their beliefs. Argus 73→89% mAP ch 3
Learn and Be Curious Leaders are never done learning and always seek to improve themselves. IQVIA LangGraph Deep Research ch 3
Hire and Develop the Best Leaders raise the performance bar and take coaching seriously. IEDC Tech Team member ch 3
Insist on the Highest Standards Leaders have relentlessly high standards and do not send defects down the line. Argus 89% + 24 FPS before cameras ch 3
Think Big Thinking small is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Leaders create a bold direction. StratifyLabs marketplace + 3D lab ch 3
Bias for Action Speed matters. Many decisions are reversible. Calculated risk taking. Horizon ERC date, fusion on sensors we had ch 3
Frugality Accomplish more with less. Constraints breed resourcefulness. Ylogx Redis −35% vs bigger RDS ch 3
Earn Trust Leaders listen, speak candidly, and are vocally self-critical. GiftedBooks grounded RAG + 99.5% ch 3
Dive Deep Leaders stay connected to the details and are skeptical when metrics and anecdote differ. Ylogx Redis and RLS together ch 3
Have Backbone; Disagree and Commit Challenge respectfully when you disagree. Once decided, commit wholly. IQVIA hybrid vs vector, commit on evals ch 3
Deliver Results Leaders deliver key inputs with the right quality, on time. Horizon 17th / 80+ ch 3
Strive to be Earth’s Best Employer Leaders work to create a safer, more productive, more just workplace, and help people grow. Horizon knowledge sharing ch 3
Success and Scale Bring Broad Responsibility Be humble about even the secondary effects of our actions. Leave things better than you found them. Argus 20+ cameras after 89% / 24 FPS ch 3

Keep straight

Tighten

This table is a lock, not a speech. Jump to the family they used.

Jump to a principle

Same page. These pills scroll to that LP’s question list. The question itself opens the answers file.

Question families

One family, one line. Canonical wording is the link. Aliases are the same card. The gray phrase is the locked story in a handful of words. Answers A = Customer through Frugality. Answers B = Earn Trust through Success and Scale.

Customer Obsession

Answers: 09-lp-answers-a.html. Spoken STAR: chapter 3.

Ownership

Answers: 09-lp-answers-a.html. Spoken STAR: chapter 3.

Invent and Simplify

Answers: 09-lp-answers-a.html. Spoken STAR: chapter 3.

Are Right, A Lot

Answers: 09-lp-answers-a.html. Spoken STAR: chapter 3.

Learn and Be Curious

Answers: 09-lp-answers-a.html. Spoken STAR: chapter 3.

Hire and Develop the Best

Answers: 09-lp-answers-a.html. Spoken STAR: chapter 3.

Insist on the Highest Standards

Answers: 09-lp-answers-a.html. Spoken STAR: chapter 3.

Think Big

Answers: 09-lp-answers-a.html. Spoken STAR: chapter 3.

Bias for Action

Answers: 09-lp-answers-a.html. Spoken STAR: chapter 3.

Frugality

Answers: 09-lp-answers-a.html. Spoken STAR: chapter 3.

Earn Trust

Answers: 09-lp-answers-b.html. Spoken STAR: chapter 3.

Dive Deep

Answers: 09-lp-answers-b.html. Spoken STAR: chapter 3.

Have Backbone; Disagree and Commit

Answers: 09-lp-answers-b.html. Spoken STAR: chapter 3.

Deliver Results

Answers: 09-lp-answers-b.html. Spoken STAR: chapter 3.

Strive to be Earth’s Best Employer

Answers: 09-lp-answers-b.html. Spoken STAR: chapter 3.

Success and Scale Bring Broad Responsibility

Answers: 09-lp-answers-b.html. Spoken STAR: chapter 3.

Chapter 4 leftover stems already mapped

Chapter 4 already wrote leftover wording as spoken cards. Those stems are the same families as this list. Do not learn a second STAR for them. Click through.

What they might ask

Same other-loop stems. Still not Job 10454435.

What you say

I use the family on this page. I do not restart chapter 4 as a different story.

They might ask next

Keep straight

Tighten

Open answers A or answers B. Speak one card. Stop. Then 10. Behavioral for the non-LP pile.