Interview Skills Worksheet: STAR Method

Interview skills lesson 12: The STAR method · Set 91 · 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) Task (b) Action (c) Result (d) Situation
2. 2.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “In Class 11, my maths marks fell in the first unit test.” (a) Situation (b) Action (c) Task (d) Result
3. 3.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: the setting or what you had to do? (a) the setting (b) what you had to do
4. 4.True or false: “As team leader, I had to get a working model ready in time.” is the Result part. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “Borrowing doubled within a month.” is the Result part. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.⭐ In the STAR method, what does “S” stand for? (a) Skill (b) Situation (c) Solution (d) Story
7. 7.True or false: “Our school science fair was two weeks away and our team had no project idea.” is the Task part. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “We submitted on time, and he added his part once he recovered.” (a) Situation (b) Result (c) Action (d) Task
9. 9.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “We filled twelve boxes and sent them the next Sunday.” (a) Result (b) Task (c) Situation (d) Action
10. 10.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “We finished two days early and won second prize.” (a) Task (b) Situation (c) Result (d) Action
11. 11.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “I placed the most popular items near the counter and kept change ready.” (a) Action (b) Situation (c) Result (d) Task
12. 12.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “Our housing society wanted to help a family whose home was damaged in the floods.” (a) Result (b) Situation (c) Action (d) Task
13. 13.True or false: “In a group project, one teammate stopped replying to messages.” is the Task part. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: the outcome or the steps you took? (a) the outcome (b) the steps you took
15. 15.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: your goal or what changed in the end? (a) your goal (b) what changed in the end
16. 16.True or false: “We submitted on time, and he added his part once he recovered.” is the Task part. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “I called him, learned he was unwell, and shared his part among the rest of us.” is the Task part. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “I sorted the books by level, made a sign-out sheet and put up a weekly “top pick”.” is the Situation part. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.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
20. 20.True or false: “I practised 20 sums a day and asked my teacher about every doubt.” is the Result part. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.⭐ 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
22. 22.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “Our school science fair was two weeks away and our team had no project idea.” (a) Action (b) Task (c) Situation (d) Result
23. 23.⭐ 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
24. 24.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers what changed in the end? (a) Action (b) Task (c) Situation (d) Result
25. 25.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: what you did or the setting? (a) what you did (b) the setting
26. 26.⭐ In the STAR method, what does “R” stand for? (a) Reason (b) Review (c) Reply (d) Result
27. 27.⭐ 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) Task (c) Result (d) Action
28. 28.True or false: “I scored 86% in the half-yearly exam.” is the Result part. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers the setting? (a) Task (b) Situation (c) Result (d) Action
30. 30.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers what you had to do? (a) Situation (b) Action (c) Result (d) Task
31. 31.True or false: “I practised 20 sums a day and asked my teacher about every doubt.” is the Task part. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.⭐ Which STAR part is this sentence? “We still had to submit the full report by Friday.” (a) Situation (b) Result (c) Task (d) Action
33. 33.⭐ In the Action part, it is best to say… (a) what others did (b) what went wrong (c) what you wished (d) what you did yourself
34. 34.⭐ Which part of a STAR answer is usually the longest? (a) Action (b) Result (c) Task (d) Situation
35. 35.⭐ In the STAR method, what does “A” stand for? (a) Answer (b) Ability (c) Action (d) Attitude
36. 36.True or false: “I was asked to make the corner easy to use.” is the Result part. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: the steps you took or the outcome? (a) the steps you took (b) the outcome
38. 38.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: what changed in the end or your goal? (a) what changed in the end (b) your goal
39. 39.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: where and when or the steps you took? (a) where and when (b) the steps you took
40. 40.True or false: “I was asked to make the corner easy to use.” is the Action part. (a) True (b) False

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