It takes a lot more than an impressive resume to land a job at Amazon.Even in its early years, when the online retailer had just 2,100 employees, founder and CEO Jeff Bezos was fastidious about hiring the strongest employees possible.In fact, according to Nicholas Lovejoy, who joined the company as its fifth employee in 1995, Bezos would grill every candidate himself. “One of his mottos was that each time we hired someone, he or she should raise the bar for the next hire,” Lovejoy said in a 1999 interview with Wired.Jeff Bezos’ 3-question hiring testToday, given his busy schedule and Amazon’s rapid growth, it’s unlikely that Bezos — who has a current net worth of $192 billion, according to Forbes — has the time to meet with every candidate.But, to ensure that the company would retain its high standards, Bezos outlined three key questions for leaders to consider before hiring new employees in his 1998 letter to shareholders.Although written 22 years ago, these are timeless questions that both hiring managers and candidates should think about before any job interview:
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