If you’re applying for a creative role and have existing work examples or an online portfolio, Amazon recommends you include links to these within your CV. To apply for an open position, you’ll need to set up an amazon.jobs account, create a profile with some basic information, upload your CV and, depending on the role, answer some relevant screening questions. You’ll need to show these principles in action throughout your application, be it through past behaviour or as part of your Amazon assessment tests, so be sure you fully grasp the meaning of each before you start the recruitment process. For example, bias for action, in Amazon terms, means it’s better to take calculated risks than be overly cautious with your decision making. While some of these principles are self explanatory, others are a little more complex in their nature. As such, you’ll be assessed against them throughout the Amazon recruitment process. They also make up the characteristics of the ideal Amazon employee. These principles form the basis of every decision and every project undertaken.

Amazon’s unique company culture is based on a set of 14 ‘Leadership Principles’.

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