1. Tell me a little bit about your career and how you ended up in the position you are in today What did you major in at college? What is your role/title?
2. How do you describe your position to someone who knows nothing about your industry?
3. Describe the working environment at Amazon.
4. How does your company embrace a culture of innovation and entrepreneurial thinking?
5. In your area of responsibility, what types of innovations are you looking at?
6. What does a typical day is like for you?
7. Of the knowledge and skills you obtained prior to having this position, which ones do you think are the most valuable to you now?
8. What type of candidates do you look to hire in your organization (the part that relates to innovation)?
9. Are candidates with an entrepreneurial or innovative mindset specifically sought? What other traits/skills/etc. do you look for in candidates?
10. What guidance would you provide to my classmates as they continue to explore innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship from a corporate perspective?
11. Based on your experience, can you provide me with an example of how innovation has made a significant impact on Amazon? Conversely, how lack of innovation has impacted the company?
12. In your opinion, how important is failure in the creativity and innovation of your product or service?
13. What steps do you take to continually sharpen your personal and corporate innovation skillset?
14. Do you see Entrepreneurship (or Innovation) ever becoming a separate functional unit in an organization?