If you're reserving 10 hours a week to set up distinct dog-and-pony shows for, say, 10 companies, that's 1 hour per company per week, so in this case it's 2 hours to write down about 16 "leadership principles," so 7 1⁄2 minutes per principle. That's not a lot of time per se, though it's certainly wasted if you ask me.

I've gone through the full-job interview with Amazon recently (right as they were laying off thousands, so weird timing) so I can relate my experience.

They want you to have stories prepared for each of the principles. That's 16 anecdotes you have to prepare. They all have to follow a certain format as well: the STAR method. Situation/Task, Action, Result. You have to describe the situation and tell how it relates to the principle, what you specifically did and how it reflects the principle, and finally the results of your action.

Each anecdote needs to be about 5 to 10 minutes long. So you have to prepare roughly two hours of material total. I can see it taking two weeks.

Also some people need more practice and memorization than others. And some people are way more apt to shit talk their former coworkers, while others realize that you can frame any negative as a challenge for the future.