Interview Skills Worksheet: STAR Method

Interview skills lesson 12: The STAR method · Set 482 · 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.⭐ STAR answers suit questions that begin… (a) “What is your name?” (b) “Where do you live?” (c) “Tell me about a time…” (d) “Are you ready?”
2. 2.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “Our class library corner had books lying everywhere and few readers.” (a) Action (b) Result (c) Task (d) Situation
3. 3.True or false: “I had to keep the queue moving without billing mistakes.” is the Task part. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “I practised 20 sums a day and asked my teacher about every doubt.” (a) Result (b) Task (c) Action (d) Situation
5. 5.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: what changed in the end or the setting? (a) what changed in the end (b) the setting
6. 6.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers what you had to do? (a) Task (b) Situation (c) Action (d) Result
7. 7.True or false: “In a group project, one teammate stopped replying to messages.” is the Situation part. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “We still had to submit the full report by Friday.” is the Action part. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “I called him, learned he was unwell, and shared his part among the rest of us.” (a) Situation (b) Result (c) Action (d) Task
10. 10.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “Customers waited about half as long, and the owner kept the new setup.” (a) Situation (b) Result (c) Action (d) Task
11. 11.True or false: “As team leader, I had to get a working model ready in time.” is the Situation part. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: the steps you took or the outcome? (a) the steps you took (b) the outcome
13. 13.True or false: “We finished two days early and won second prize.” is the Result part. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.⭐ In the STAR method, what does “A” stand for? (a) Action (b) Answer (c) Attitude (d) Ability
15. 15.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: the outcome or what you did? (a) the outcome (b) what you did
16. 16.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “I was asked to make the corner easy to use.” (a) Result (b) Situation (c) Action (d) Task
17. 17.True or false: “We submitted on time, and he added his part once he recovered.” is the Result part. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.⭐ In the Action part, it is best to say… (a) what you wished (b) what went wrong (c) what you did yourself (d) what others did
19. 19.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers where and when? (a) Situation (b) Result (c) Task (d) Action
20. 20.⭐ 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
21. 21.True or false: “During my summer job at a bakery, the shop got very busy every Sunday morning.” is the Task part. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “We submitted on time, and he added his part once he recovered.” is the Task part. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “We still had to submit the full report by Friday.” (a) Result (b) Situation (c) Action (d) Task
24. 24.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers your goal? (a) Result (b) Situation (c) Action (d) Task
25. 25.True or false: “I put up a short notice, placed boxes at the gate and posted reminders in the society chat.” is the Result part. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: what you did or the outcome? (a) what you did (b) the outcome
27. 27.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “I had to keep the queue moving without billing mistakes.” (a) Task (b) Result (c) Action (d) Situation
28. 28.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: where and when or what you had to do? (a) where and when (b) what you had to do
29. 29.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers what you did? (a) Situation (b) Result (c) Task (d) Action
30. 30.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: what you had to do or the outcome? (a) what you had to do (b) the outcome
31. 31.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: the outcome or the setting? (a) the outcome (b) the setting
32. 32.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: what changed in the end or what you had to do? (a) what changed in the end (b) what you had to do
33. 33.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “I sorted the books by level, made a sign-out sheet and put up a weekly “top pick”.” (a) Task (b) Result (c) Action (d) Situation
34. 34.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: the setting or what you had to do? (a) the setting (b) what you had to do
35. 35.⭐ A good Result part includes… (a) a clear outcome (b) a new problem (c) nothing (d) an excuse
36. 36.True or false: “I sorted the books by level, made a sign-out sheet and put up a weekly “top pick”.” is the Action part. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.⭐ Which part of a STAR answer is usually the longest? (a) Situation (b) Task (c) Result (d) Action
38. 38.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: your goal or the steps you took? (a) your goal (b) the steps you took
39. 39.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: where and when or what changed in the end? (a) where and when (b) what changed in the end
40. 40.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “During my summer job at a bakery, the shop got very busy every Sunday morning.” (a) Situation (b) Task (c) Result (d) Action

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