Short answer: NO!
Studying Amazon, Google, and Meta’s leadership principles is useful background, but it’s insufficient on its own. Anthropic has seven published values of its own, with no direct one-to-one mapping to those companies’ frameworks. I’d use Anthropic’s values to decide which stories to prepare and what each story needs to demonstrate.
A story you prepared for Amazon might show ownership because you drove a difficult launch. That same experience could work at Anthropic if it gives you something substantive to say about the decision. Who would have borne the cost if you got it wrong? What did you do when someone challenged your assumptions? What evidence would have made you change course? Other stories might show how you listened to users, chose a simpler solution, raised a standard across teams, or gave up ownership to serve a more important goal.
That’s what I work on with candidates in my coaching sessions. I use a guide I built around all seven values, with 14 practice questions, follow-up probes, and examples of what a strong answer should demonstrate. In a mock, we test your real stories under follow-up questioning, identify where your reasoning or personal contribution is unclear, and practice a sharper answer in your own words.
If you’re preparing for Anthropic, bring two or three stories you’ve already used in interviews. We can see which ones hold up and where you need a different example.