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Which of the following answer variants best demonstrates the Are Right a Lot leadership principle in response to "Tell me about a time you changed your mind based on new evidence"?

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Amazon Leadership Principles - Are Right a Lot
Which of the following answer variants best demonstrates the Are Right a Lot leadership principle in response to "Tell me about a time you changed your mind based on new evidence"?
AI was working on the checkout system and noticed some payment delays. I escalated the issue to the payments team. They fixed the problem, and things improved.
BI noticed an issue outside my team and decided to investigate it myself. I traced the root cause and deployed a patch. After the fix, the error rate dropped by 0.5%.
CDuring a routine review, I spotted a 0.3% webhook failure rate outside my team with no open ticket. I traced the race condition, wrote a fix, and coordinated rollout with the Platform team. The failure rate dropped to zero, protecting $8K/week in revenue.
DWe noticed the delivery delays as a team and investigated together. We found the root cause and deployed a fix. Customer complaints dropped significantly.
Step-by-Step Solution
Solution:
  1. Step 1: Identify scope boundary -- only D explicitly states 'outside my team' and no ticket.
  2. Step 2: Check for individual ownership -- D uses 'I' throughout, others use 'we' or passive.
  3. Step 3: Look for specific metric -- D quantifies failure rate drop and revenue impact.
  4. Step 4: Options A-C lack one or more of these critical signals.
  5. Step 5: Therefore, During a routine review, I spotted a 0.3% webhook failure rate outside my team with no open ticket. I traced the race condition, wrote a fix, and coordinated rollout with the Platform team. The failure rate dropped to zero, protecting $8K/week in revenue. is the strongest demonstration of Are Right a Lot.
Quick Trick: Scope + I + metric -> strongest Are Right a Lot answer
Trap Explanation:
PITFALL
  • Options A-C are plausible but lack clear scope boundary, individual ownership, or specific metrics; only D has all signals.
Concept tested:
CONCEPT
  • Are Right a Lot LP -- answer variant with scope boundary, I-focus, and metric
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