Interview Skills Worksheet: STAR Method

Interview skills lesson 12: The STAR method · Set 490 · 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? “Borrowing doubled within a month.” (a) Situation (b) Action (c) Task (d) Result
2. 2.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “Customers waited about half as long, and the owner kept the new setup.” (a) Result (b) Action (c) Task (d) Situation
3. 3.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers what changed in the end? (a) Situation (b) Task (c) Action (d) Result
4. 4.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers where and when? (a) Result (b) Action (c) Situation (d) Task
5. 5.⭐ STAR answers suit questions that begin… (a) “What is your name?” (b) “Are you ready?” (c) “Where do you live?” (d) “Tell me about a time…”
6. 6.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: the outcome or the setting? (a) the outcome (b) the setting
7. 7.⭐ 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) Action (b) Result (c) Task (d) Situation
8. 8.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “Our class library corner had books lying everywhere and few readers.” (a) Action (b) Result (c) Situation (d) Task
9. 9.⭐ In the STAR method, what does “T” stand for? (a) Talent (b) Time (c) Team (d) Task
10. 10.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: the steps you took or what changed in the end? (a) the steps you took (b) what changed in the end
11. 11.⭐ 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) Task (b) Action (c) Result (d) Situation
12. 12.True or false: “Borrowing doubled within a month.” is the Situation part. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: the steps you took or the outcome? (a) the steps you took (b) the outcome
14. 14.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers the setting? (a) Result (b) Task (c) Action (d) Situation
15. 15.⭐ In the Action part, it is best to say… (a) what you did yourself (b) what you wished (c) what others did (d) what went wrong
16. 16.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers your goal? (a) Result (b) Task (c) Action (d) Situation
17. 17.True or false: “I called him, learned he was unwell, and shared his part among the rest of us.” is the Action part. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: the setting or your goal? (a) the setting (b) your goal
19. 19.True or false: “I called him, learned he was unwell, and shared his part among the rest of us.” is the Situation part. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.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
21. 21.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: the steps you took or what you had to do? (a) the steps you took (b) what you had to do
22. 22.⭐ 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
23. 23.⭐ Which part of a STAR answer is usually the longest? (a) Task (b) Result (c) Action (d) Situation
24. 24.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: your goal or the outcome? (a) your goal (b) the outcome
25. 25.⭐ In the STAR method, what does “A” stand for? (a) Action (b) Answer (c) Ability (d) Attitude
26. 26.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers the outcome? (a) Situation (b) Task (c) Result (d) Action
27. 27.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: your goal or what you did? (a) your goal (b) what you did
28. 28.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
29. 29.True or false: “In a group project, one teammate stopped replying to messages.” is the Action part. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “I split the work into four parts and set a short check-in every evening.” (a) Task (b) Situation (c) Action (d) Result
31. 31.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: your goal or the setting? (a) your goal (b) the setting
32. 32.⭐ In the STAR method, what does “R” stand for? (a) Reason (b) Result (c) Review (d) Reply
33. 33.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers what you had to do? (a) Result (b) Task (c) Situation (d) Action
34. 34.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: what you did or the setting? (a) what you did (b) the setting
35. 35.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “We finished two days early and won second prize.” (a) Result (b) Task (c) Situation (d) Action
36. 36.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “I called him, learned he was unwell, and shared his part among the rest of us.” (a) Action (b) Task (c) Situation (d) Result
37. 37.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “As team leader, I had to get a working model ready in time.” (a) Result (b) Task (c) Action (d) Situation
38. 38.⭐ 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) Situation (d) Task
39. 39.True or false: “During my summer job at a bakery, the shop got very busy every Sunday morning.” is the Result part. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “As team leader, I had to get a working model ready in time.” is the Action part. (a) True (b) False

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