A. Write Your Own STAR Stories

Use the writing tool below to answer interview questions with STAR stories.

The first seven pages each have a different interview question. Each interview question can be answered with a STAR story. Choose two or three interview questions to write about.

1. Fill in the boxes on two or three of the Question pages to write STAR stories.
2. On the Export your STAR Stories page, export your ideas into a Word document. You can submit that document to your tutor or teacher for feedback.

B. Record and Evaluate Your STAR Story

Imagine an interviewer asks you one or two of the following questions:

• Think of a time when you had a problem working with someone. What did you do?
• Tell me about a time when you saw a co-worker doing something unsafe? What did you do?
• Tell me about a time at work when you noticed your co-worker made a mistake. What happened?
• Tell me about an accomplishment you are most proud of.
• Tell me about a time you made a mistake. What happened?
• Tell me about a time you dealt with an angry customer. What did you do?
• Tell me about a time you dealt with an upset co-worker. What did you do?
• Tell me about a time at work that you saw a problem and tried to fix it. What happened?

Record yourself telling a STAR story to respond to one of the above questions. First read the question, then tell your STAR story.

1. Press Record below to record your STAR story.
2. Listen to your recording.
3. Check off what you did well on the checklist below. Try recording again if you missed anything.
4. Then download your best recording.

You may want to download your recording and submit it to your teacher or tutor for feedback.