What is a STAR story?

STAR is a four-part framework for answering behavioural interview questions ("Tell me about a time when...").

• Situation — the context. Where, when, what was going on.
• Task — your specific responsibility or the goal you owned.
• Action — what you did, step by step. The biggest section. Use "I", not "we".
• Result — the outcome, ideally with numbers (percent, money, time, headcount).

A good STAR story is specific. Names, numbers, dates, tools. Vague claims like "improved morale" don't land — quantify them or replace them.

Each story has a category (Leadership, Teamwork, Problem Solving, Communication, Conflict Resolution, Time Management, Adaptability, Initiative, Technical, Customer Focus). Pick the one the story most clearly demonstrates. The same story might fit two — pick the strongest fit; you can re-use it under another angle in a different question.

You'll typically want 8-12 stories spread across categories. Three or four really strong ones beat ten mediocre ones — the panel can usually tell when a story has been padded.

Where stories live: Stories in the main nav. From there you can add new ones, browse the library, or use the matcher to map them to a specific job.