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# Tell me about a situation that required you to dig deep to find the root cause.

We provide interview preparation through Aced, formerly Exponent. This page contains a behavioral and analytical interview question for **Technical Program Manager** and **Product Manager** candidates. It is associated with **Amazon** and categorized as **Analytical** and **Behavioral**.

## Question details

- **Reported last asked:** a year ago
- **Interviews:** 2
- **Roles:** [Technical Program Manager](https://www.aced.io/questions?role=tpm), [Product Manager](https://www.aced.io/questions?role=pm)
- **Company:** [Amazon](https://www.aced.io/questions?company=amazon)
- **Categories:** [Analytical](https://www.aced.io/questions?type=analytical), [Behavioral](https://www.aced.io/questions?type=behavioral)

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