Interview Skills Worksheet: STAR Method

Interview skills lesson 12: The STAR method · Set 627 · 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.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: what you did or your goal? (a) what you did (b) your goal
2. 2.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers what you did? (a) Action (b) Situation (c) Result (d) Task
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.True or false: “Customers waited about half as long, and the owner kept the new setup.” is the Result part. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers what changed in the end? (a) Result (b) Situation (c) Task (d) Action
6. 6.⭐ A good Result part includes… (a) nothing (b) an excuse (c) a clear outcome (d) a new problem
7. 7.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers the outcome? (a) Result (b) Task (c) Action (d) Situation
8. 8.True or false: “Our school science fair was two weeks away and our team had no project idea.” is the Action part. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: the outcome or your goal? (a) the outcome (b) your goal
10. 10.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
11. 11.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers the steps you took? (a) Action (b) Task (c) Situation (d) Result
12. 12.True or false: “I sorted the books by level, made a sign-out sheet and put up a weekly “top pick”.” is the Task part. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers where and when? (a) Result (b) Situation (c) Action (d) Task
14. 14.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “Customers waited about half as long, and the owner kept the new setup.” (a) Result (b) Task (c) Action (d) Situation
15. 15.True or false: “I wanted to get back above 80% by the half-yearly exam.” is the Task part. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: what you had to do or what you did? (a) what you had to do (b) what you did
17. 17.True or false: “I scored 86% in the half-yearly exam.” is the Task part. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: the outcome or what you did? (a) the outcome (b) what you did
19. 19.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers what you had to do? (a) Action (b) Situation (c) Task (d) Result
20. 20.True or false: “As team leader, I had to get a working model ready in time.” is the Action part. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.⭐ In the Action part, it is best to say… (a) what others did (b) what you did yourself (c) what went wrong (d) what you wished
22. 22.True or false: “I placed the most popular items near the counter and kept change ready.” is the Task part. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “In a group project, one teammate stopped replying to messages.” is the Situation part. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “Our housing society wanted to help a family whose home was damaged in the floods.” (a) Action (b) Situation (c) Result (d) Task
25. 25.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: what changed in the end or your goal? (a) what changed in the end (b) your goal
26. 26.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “In a group project, one teammate stopped replying to messages.” (a) Situation (b) Action (c) Result (d) Task
27. 27.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “I scored 86% in the half-yearly exam.” (a) Situation (b) Action (c) Task (d) Result
28. 28.⭐ In the STAR method, what does “T” stand for? (a) Task (b) Team (c) Time (d) Talent
29. 29.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: the setting or what you did? (a) the setting (b) what you did
30. 30.True or false: “In Class 11, my maths marks fell in the first unit test.” is the Situation part. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “I split the work into four parts and set a short check-in every evening.” is the Action part. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “I scored 86% in the half-yearly exam.” is the Result part. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “Our school science fair was two weeks away and our team had no project idea.” (a) Situation (b) Action (c) Task (d) Result
34. 34.True or false: “Our housing society wanted to help a family whose home was damaged in the floods.” is the Situation part. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “We submitted on time, and he added his part once he recovered.” is the Situation part. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “During my summer job at a bakery, the shop got very busy every Sunday morning.” is the Situation part. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: what you did or the setting? (a) what you did (b) the setting
38. 38.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “We still had to submit the full report by Friday.” (a) Situation (b) Result (c) Action (d) Task
39. 39.True or false: “Borrowing doubled within a month.” is the Result part. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “We still had to submit the full report by Friday.” is the Result part. (a) True (b) False

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