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Which version of this answer best demonstrates Think Big with clear ownership and measurable impact?

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Amazon Leadership Principles - Think Big
Which version of this answer best demonstrates Think Big with clear ownership and measurable impact? Version 1: "I noticed a slowdown in our service and escalated it to the platform team. They fixed the issue, and performance improved." Version 2: "We identified a scaling issue affecting multiple teams and worked together to deploy a fix. Customer satisfaction improved." Version 3: "I found a bottleneck outside my team, investigated the root cause, and implemented a fix. The fix reduced errors by 20%." Version 4: "During a review, I spotted a 0.5% drop in throughput outside my team. I traced the issue, wrote a fix, and coordinated rollout with the platform team. Throughput improved by 0.5%, protecting $10K/week in revenue."
AVersion 1
BVersion 2
CVersion 3
DVersion 4
Step-by-Step Solution
Solution:
  1. Step 1: Identify scope boundary -- Version 4 explicitly states 'outside my team' -> Version 4
  2. Step 2: Confirm individual ownership -- 'I traced', 'I wrote' -> strong ownership.
  3. Step 3: Check for specific metric -- '0.5% throughput improvement' and revenue impact -> measurable impact.
  4. Step 4: Coordination with platform team shows cross-team collaboration without losing ownership.
Quick Trick: Scope + I + metric -> strongest Think Big
Trap Explanation:
PITFALL
  • Version 3 looks good but lacks coordination and full scope boundary; Version 4 is strongest with explicit scope, individual action, and metric.
Concept tested:
CONCEPT
  • Think Big LP -- answer variant with scope, I, metric, specificity
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