How to Use the STAR Interview Method

For most interviews there will be at least a few competency or behavioural questions. These questions are used to evaluate your competencies and past performance, and your responses are used to predict your behaviour in the role that you're interviewing for.
The key is to be specific and using the STAR method is one way of doing this. The STAR method allows you to describe an easy-to-follow story and highlight the challenge(s) you faced and how you managed them. We breakdown the technique below.