NEWS & COMMENTARY 21 questions Amazon asks its job candidates



We're offering this post primarily for teachers out there who might find it useful for their students, particularly high school and college age students. We would suggest that what you will see in the pattern of the questions is that they go to finding out what a person's thinking styles are more than they deal with memorized knowledge. And we would suggest that half of the questions can be answered pretty much the same way hint: data driven problem solving skills and interpersonal skills in working with people.



Here they are from inc.com 21 questions Amazon asks its job candidates.



We could not help but wonder, as we read this, if anybody who manages things at the post office ever thought about how Amazon has become the world's greatest deliverer of packages. Imagine these two questions.



1. If you managed a post office, how many employees would you need to keep from closing for lunch?



2. Would you prohibit postal patrons from placing non-postal trash in the trash cans in you post office?



And Donald Trump wonders how Amazon is able to take advantage of the USPS... We're offering this post primarily for teachers out there who might find it useful for their students, particularly high school and college age students. We would suggest that what you will see in the pattern of the questions is that they go to finding out what a person's thinking styles are more than they deal with memorized knowledge. And we would suggest that half of the questions can be answered pretty much the same way hint: data driven problem solving skills and interpersonal skills in working with people.Here they are fromWe could not help but wonder, as we read this, if anybody who manages things at the post office ever thought about how Amazon has become the world's greatest deliverer of packages. Imagine these two questions.1. If you managed a post office, how many employees would you need to keep from closing for lunch?2. Would you prohibit postal patrons from placing non-postal trash in the trash cans in you post office?And Donald Trump wonders how Amazon is able to take advantage of the USPS...

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