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Tell me about a time you went above and beyond for a customer (or user).

Customer obsession is Amazon's first Leadership Principle and a universal product signal. The interviewer wants evidence you start from the user's real need, not the technology, and advocate for the harder right solution over the easy one.

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Customer obsession is Amazon's first Leadership Principle and a universal product signal. The interviewer wants evidence you start from the user's real need, not the technology, and advocate for the harder right solution over the easy one.

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