The STAR Technique
Explore how to use the STAR technique to structure your answers in behavioral interviews. Learn to describe the situation, task, action, and results clearly, highlighting your individual contributions and quantifiable outcomes for better interview performance.
STAR stands for situation, task, action, and result. It is a method to answer behavioral interview questions in a structured manner. This method is quite powerful because it is simple, and conveys complete answers in a proper format.
Let’s go into more detail about this framework and how to use it.
STAR
When an interviewer asks us a behavioral question, they expect us to answer in a structured manner, such as by using a framework like STAR. If we rambleg on or speak in an unstructured way, we will raise a massive red flag for the interviewer. Therefore, we must be as specific as possible so that the interviewer can fully understand our answer and its context.
Situation
This is about setting the situation and background for our answer. If we start by directly explaining our actions, the interviewer may not get the complete picture we are trying to portray. So, we must explain the appropriate context for our answer. We can do this by explaining the situation right at the start of our answer. Also, it is best to be as ...