Did you know that there are 5 types of interview questions? Standard, Behavioral, Personality, Brain Teaser and Technical. Questions like: “Can you tell me about a time you dealt with a tough client ” and “How do you motivate others?” are behavioral interview questions that interviewers usually ask to figure out your thought process and motivation. Behavioral interview questions require a story as a response but what if you’re bad at telling stories? Don’t worry just follow the STAR Method formula. It stands for Situation, Task, Action and Response. Here’s an example Behavioral Interview Question: “Give me an example of when you had to be very strategic in your tasks to meet all of your responsibilities under a specific deadline.” Sample Answer: Situation - “I typically like to plan out my work weeks in advance if possible. But in my previous sales manager role at Company X, I had to suddenly move the team to a new customer relationship management (CRM) software. The software we were using before unexpectedly changed their pricing model, which made it too expensive for us.” Task - ”I had to find new software that met our requirement, by the end of Q3 (when the price increase hit), while making sure my own sales numbers did not decrease. The new tool also had to be intuitive and easy for our employees to adapt to.” Action - “In order to do that, I had to be very careful with how I managed my time. The first thing I did was ask our sales associates what the number one problem was with our current CRM, so I knew what to look for in a new one aside from the price factor. After that, I dedicated 1-2 hours each day to research, and once I found the new software, migrating our data. I made sure to delete any old contacts, update the missing information on our current leads, and caught the team up on how to use the new software. All the while, I was still handling my daily responsibilities as usual, without any decrease in performance.” Results - “Finally, we managed to complete the transfer 1 week behind the deadline. I finished the quarter 12% ahead of my sales goals, and the team was satisfied with the new CRM. By planning ahead and with proper time allocation, everything worked out well.” For a full list of interview questions to prepare for get an Interviewology Profile and discover your interview style and nail your job interview #howtoanswerinterviewquestions #Jobinterivew #Corporatejobs #persoanlityquestions #behavioralinterviewquestions #starmethod - @anna..papalia