Interview Skills Worksheet: STAR Method

Interview skills lesson 12: The STAR method · Set 248 · 40 questions

Tip (S-T-A-R): Situation = the background (where, when). Task = your goal or responsibility. Action = what you did, step by step. Result = the outcome, with a number if you can. Spend most of the answer on the Action, and say “I”, not only “we”. Use STAR for questions that begin “Tell me about a time…” or “Give an example of…”.

1. 1.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “As team leader, I had to get a working model ready in time.” (a) Action (b) Situation (c) Result (d) Task
2. 2.⭐ In the STAR method, what does “A” stand for? (a) Ability (b) Attitude (c) Action (d) Answer
3. 3.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: what changed in the end or what you did? (a) what changed in the end (b) what you did
4. 4.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: where and when or your goal? (a) where and when (b) your goal
5. 5.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: the setting or what you had to do? (a) the setting (b) what you had to do
6. 6.⭐ In the Action part, it is best to say… (a) what you did yourself (b) what others did (c) what you wished (d) what went wrong
7. 7.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “We still had to submit the full report by Friday.” (a) Action (b) Situation (c) Result (d) Task
8. 8.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers the setting? (a) Task (b) Result (c) Action (d) Situation
9. 9.⭐ In the STAR method, what does “S” stand for? (a) Skill (b) Solution (c) Story (d) Situation
10. 10.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: what changed in the end or the steps you took? (a) what changed in the end (b) the steps you took
11. 11.⭐ In the STAR method, what does “R” stand for? (a) Reply (b) Reason (c) Review (d) Result
12. 12.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers where and when? (a) Result (b) Action (c) Task (d) Situation
13. 13.True or false: “Our housing society wanted to help a family whose home was damaged in the floods.” is the Situation part. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “I put up a short notice, placed boxes at the gate and posted reminders in the society chat.” (a) Result (b) Action (c) Task (d) Situation
15. 15.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “We finished two days early and won second prize.” (a) Task (b) Situation (c) Result (d) Action
16. 16.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: what you did or the outcome? (a) what you did (b) the outcome
17. 17.⭐ A good Result part includes… (a) nothing (b) an excuse (c) a new problem (d) a clear outcome
18. 18.True or false: “I called him, learned he was unwell, and shared his part among the rest of us.” is the Action part. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: what changed in the end or the setting? (a) what changed in the end (b) the setting
20. 20.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers what you did? (a) Situation (b) Task (c) Result (d) Action
21. 21.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers the outcome? (a) Result (b) Task (c) Situation (d) Action
22. 22.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “During my summer job at a bakery, the shop got very busy every Sunday morning.” (a) Action (b) Result (c) Task (d) Situation
23. 23.⭐ In the STAR method, what does “T” stand for? (a) Talent (b) Team (c) Time (d) Task
24. 24.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: the setting or what you did? (a) the setting (b) what you did
25. 25.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: your goal or what you did? (a) your goal (b) what you did
26. 26.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: your goal or the setting? (a) your goal (b) the setting
27. 27.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “I placed the most popular items near the counter and kept change ready.” (a) Action (b) Result (c) Situation (d) Task
28. 28.True or false: “We still had to submit the full report by Friday.” is the Situation part. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: the outcome or where and when? (a) the outcome (b) where and when
30. 30.True or false: “I placed the most popular items near the counter and kept change ready.” is the Action part. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “In a group project, one teammate stopped replying to messages.” is the Situation part. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: what you did or what you had to do? (a) what you did (b) what you had to do
33. 33.True or false: “Customers waited about half as long, and the owner kept the new setup.” is the Result part. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “Our school science fair was two weeks away and our team had no project idea.” is the Situation part. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.⭐ STAR answers suit questions that begin… (a) “Are you ready?” (b) “What is your name?” (c) “Where do you live?” (d) “Tell me about a time…”
36. 36.True or false: “Borrowing doubled within a month.” is the Result part. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “We filled twelve boxes and sent them the next Sunday.” is the Action part. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: what you had to do or the steps you took? (a) what you had to do (b) the steps you took
39. 39.True or false: “In Class 11, my maths marks fell in the first unit test.” is the Action part. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers the steps you took? (a) Action (b) Task (c) Situation (d) Result

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