Interview Skills Worksheet: STAR Method

Interview skills lesson 12: The STAR method · Set 655 · 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) Result (b) Situation (c) Task (d) Action
2. 2.True or false: “Our class library corner had books lying everywhere and few readers.” is the Action part. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “We still had to submit the full report by Friday.” (a) Task (b) Action (c) Situation (d) Result
4. 4.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers the steps you took? (a) Situation (b) Task (c) Action (d) Result
5. 5.⭐ 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
6. 6.⭐ 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) Situation (d) Action
7. 7.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “In a group project, one teammate stopped replying to messages.” (a) Action (b) Result (c) Task (d) Situation
8. 8.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers what changed in the end? (a) Action (b) Situation (c) Result (d) Task
9. 9.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers your goal? (a) Task (b) Result (c) Action (d) Situation
10. 10.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers what you did? (a) Action (b) Situation (c) Result (d) Task
11. 11.⭐ 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
12. 12.True or false: “In a group project, one teammate stopped replying to messages.” is the Situation part. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “I placed the most popular items near the counter and kept change ready.” is the Action part. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: where and when or the outcome? (a) where and when (b) the outcome
15. 15.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: what you did or the outcome? (a) what you did (b) the outcome
16. 16.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: what you had to do or the outcome? (a) what you had to do (b) the outcome
17. 17.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “We filled twelve boxes and sent them the next Sunday.” (a) Task (b) Result (c) Action (d) Situation
18. 18.⭐ Which part of a STAR answer is usually the longest? (a) Action (b) Result (c) Situation (d) Task
19. 19.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “Our class library corner had books lying everywhere and few readers.” (a) Task (b) Situation (c) Action (d) Result
20. 20.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers where and when? (a) Task (b) Result (c) Action (d) Situation
21. 21.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: the outcome or your goal? (a) the outcome (b) your goal
22. 22.True or false: “Our housing society wanted to help a family whose home was damaged in the floods.” is the Action part. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: the outcome or the steps you took? (a) the outcome (b) the steps you took
24. 24.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “Our housing society wanted to help a family whose home was damaged in the floods.” (a) Situation (b) Task (c) Action (d) Result
25. 25.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: the setting or what you did? (a) the setting (b) what you did
26. 26.⭐ In the STAR method, what does “T” stand for? (a) Team (b) Talent (c) Task (d) Time
27. 27.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: the setting or your goal? (a) the setting (b) your goal
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) True (b) False
29. 29.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “I was asked to make the corner easy to use.” (a) Task (b) Result (c) Situation (d) Action
30. 30.True or false: “In Class 11, my maths marks fell in the first unit test.” is the Result part. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.⭐ In the STAR method, what does “A” stand for? (a) Answer (b) Attitude (c) Ability (d) Action
32. 32.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: what you did or your goal? (a) what you did (b) your goal
33. 33.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: the outcome or the setting? (a) the outcome (b) the setting
34. 34.True or false: “I was asked to make the corner easy to use.” is the Situation part. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers what you had to do? (a) Situation (b) Result (c) Action (d) Task
36. 36.⭐ In the STAR method, what does “S” stand for? (a) Solution (b) Story (c) Situation (d) Skill
37. 37.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: the outcome or what you did? (a) the outcome (b) what you did
38. 38.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: the setting or what you had to do? (a) the setting (b) what you had to do
39. 39.True or false: “I practised 20 sums a day and asked my teacher about every doubt.” is the Action part. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “During my summer job at a bakery, the shop got very busy every Sunday morning.” is the Result part. (a) False (b) True

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