Interviewing
Hit the Ground Running — How to Ramp Up at Your New Job in 3 Weeks
At Amazon, I started new jobs regularly. Learn how to ramp up quickly for career success.
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Late Career
Human Leadership Principles - Respecting the Humans We Work With
Amazon and other companies are financial entities. They have core values and missions, but they're heartless in the end. People need to step up to provide empathy in the office.
Interviewing
How to pass the Amazon Technical / Functional Interview - Questions and Assessments
The approach to interview questions, how to interact with the interviewers, and how to deal with potential failure.
Late Career
Achieve More by Doing Only One Thing a Day
Too frequently, we focus on juggling the dozens of things vying for our attention, when we should think about what really matters.
People Managers
6 Actions a Manager Should Take to Support Their Team Members
Management is not about assigning tasks, it's about leading and growing other people.
Interviewing
Interview Mistake #3 - Neglecting Context for the Interviewer
Ignoring your audience and their background. Advice from my interview experience at Amazon, Facebook, and Bezos Academy.
Mid Career
Finding Excellence in Others — Focus on Superpowers, not Weaknesses
Everyone has a superpower. Recognize and utilize your co-workers superpowers.
Late Career
The Hoax That You Can Win a Relationship
You can't win or lose relationships. Relationships are connections between people which can be either improved, made worse, or eliminated.
Interviewing
Interview Mistake #1: Running Your Mouth
Talking rather than listening, a deadly combination. Advice from my interview experience at Amazon, Facebook, and Bezos Academy.
People Managers
Filling Your Headcount — Hiring at Amazon
How Amazon allocates and uses headcount, the importance of treating hiring as a skill as a manager, and how to use efficient effort to fill your headcount.