Interview Skills Worksheet: STAR Method

Interview skills lesson 12: The STAR method · Set 688 · 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? “Our school science fair was two weeks away and our team had no project idea.” (a) Action (b) Result (c) Situation (d) Task
2. 2.True or false: “As team leader, I had to get a working model ready in time.” is the Task part. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.⭐ 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
4. 4.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “I had to keep the queue moving without billing mistakes.” (a) Action (b) Result (c) Task (d) Situation
5. 5.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “I practised 20 sums a day and asked my teacher about every doubt.” (a) Situation (b) Result (c) Task (d) Action
6. 6.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “We filled twelve boxes and sent them the next Sunday.” (a) Task (b) Action (c) Situation (d) Result
7. 7.True or false: “I wanted to get back above 80% by the half-yearly exam.” is the Task part. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “I was asked to make the corner easy to use.” is the Result part. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.⭐ Which part of a STAR answer is usually the longest? (a) Task (b) Action (c) Result (d) Situation
10. 10.⭐ In the STAR method, what does “T” stand for? (a) Time (b) Team (c) Talent (d) Task
11. 11.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: what you had to do or the setting? (a) what you had to do (b) the setting
12. 12.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers the setting? (a) Situation (b) Result (c) Action (d) Task
13. 13.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers what you did? (a) Situation (b) Task (c) Result (d) Action
14. 14.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: what you did or what changed in the end? (a) what you did (b) what changed in the end
15. 15.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “I was asked to make the corner easy to use.” (a) Action (b) Result (c) Situation (d) Task
16. 16.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers where and when? (a) Action (b) Result (c) Task (d) Situation
17. 17.True or false: “I had to keep the queue moving without billing mistakes.” is the Result part. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: what changed in the end or your goal? (a) what changed in the end (b) your goal
19. 19.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: the setting or your goal? (a) the setting (b) your goal
20. 20.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
21. 21.⭐ In the Action part, it is best to say… (a) what others did (b) what you wished (c) what went wrong (d) what you did yourself
22. 22.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
23. 23.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers your goal? (a) Situation (b) Result (c) Action (d) Task
24. 24.⭐ In the STAR method, what does “R” stand for? (a) Review (b) Reason (c) Reply (d) Result
25. 25.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “I wanted to get back above 80% by the half-yearly exam.” (a) Action (b) Task (c) Result (d) Situation
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: where and when or what you did? (a) where and when (b) what you did
28. 28.⭐ STAR answers suit questions that begin… (a) “What is your name?” (b) “Where do you live?” (c) “Are you ready?” (d) “Tell me about a time…”
29. 29.True or false: “I split the work into four parts and set a short check-in every evening.” is the Result part. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers what you had to do? (a) Task (b) Result (c) Action (d) Situation
31. 31.True or false: “I placed the most popular items near the counter and kept change ready.” is the Result part. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “I split the work into four parts and set a short check-in every evening.” is the Action part. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “In a group project, one teammate stopped replying to messages.” (a) Action (b) Result (c) Task (d) Situation
34. 34.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “During my summer job at a bakery, the shop got very busy every Sunday morning.” (a) Task (b) Result (c) Situation (d) Action
35. 35.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: the setting or the steps you took? (a) the setting (b) the steps you took
36. 36.⭐ 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) Situation (b) Action (c) Result (d) Task
37. 37.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
38. 38.⭐ In the STAR method, what does “S” stand for? (a) Story (b) Situation (c) Solution (d) Skill
39. 39.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: your goal or what you did? (a) your goal (b) what you did
40. 40.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: the setting or the outcome? (a) the setting (b) the outcome

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