372 19 Further-reading 9-Interviews Chapter-9

198 | Technical Communication STAR approach Whatever may be the technique you are using to answer the questions, the STAR (situation, task, action, result) approach will help you in framing and presenting your answers. Look at the sample question given below and the answer framed based on the STAR approach. Question: Tell me about a time when you had delegated responsibilities to accomplish a project. Answer: I believe in delegating responsibili ties. During my third year of study I was the editor for my college annual magazi ne and I had a team of 20 dedicated friends ( Situation). Our editorial team was supposed to structure, organize the matter, and bring out the magazine by the end of April ( Task). I arranged for a meeting among the team members and discussed with them about their areas of interest—collecting articles, designing the cover and pages, taking interviews, clicking photographs, sequencing, proofreading, etc.—and formed six small teams of three or four members each. Then I explained to them clearly about their roles, the tasks they had to carry out, and speciﬁed the date for the next meeting wherein they had to inform me the progress. We met four times before the rolling-out date to discuss and iron ou t any difﬁculties faced by the members ( Action). The magazine was brought out in time because of the dedicated efforts put forth by the delegated teams. All faculty and students appreciated the magazine for its layout, content, structure, and style. Our team was on the top of the world and I gave my team members a big treat at the beach resort ( Result). Fifty Standard Interview Questions Listed below are commonly asked questions in interviews. Prepare the answers and rehearse them. 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. Why should we hire you? 3. Do you have any actual work experience ? 4. How would you describe your ideal job? 5. Why did you choose this career? 6. When did you decide on this career? 7. What goals do you have in your career? 8. How do you plan to achieve these goals? 9. How do you evaluate success? 10. Describe a situation in which you were successful. 11. What do you think it takes to be successful in this career? 12. What accomplishmen ts have given you the most satisfaction in your life? 13. If you had to live your life over again, what would you change? 14. Would you rather work with information or with people? 15. Are you a team player? 16. What motivates you? 17. Tell me one quality in you that your friends admire the most. 18. Are you a goal-oriented person? 19. Tell me about some of your recent goals and what you did to achieve them? 20. What are your short-term goals? 21. What is your long-range objective? Meenakshi Raman & Sangeeta Sharma Technical Communication, 2e © Oxford University Press 2011

372 19 Further-reading 9-Interviews Chapter-9

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