Interview story bank (STAR): free template

The worksheet

Name

Date

How to use it

Choose stories from work, study, volunteering or anything else that counts.
Say “I”, not “we”, in the action. Interviewers want your part.
Practise each story out loud until it takes about two minutes.

Fill it in here or on paper. Nothing you type is saved or sent anywhere: it stays in this browser tab and disappears when you close it, so print or save it as a PDF to keep a copy.

Your stories

Story 1

Story title

Situation: where and when

Task: what needed to happen, and my part

Action: what I did

Result: what changed, and what I learned

What it shows about me

Questions it could answer

Story 2

Story title

Situation: where and when

Task: what needed to happen, and my part

Action: what I did

Result: what changed, and what I learned

What it shows about me

Questions it could answer

Story 3

Story title

Situation: where and when

Task: what needed to happen, and my part

Action: what I did

Result: what changed, and what I learned

What it shows about me

Questions it could answer

Tell me about yourself

Three sentences: where you are now, what you’ve done that’s relevant, and why this role.

My answer

A note on these templates. They’re prompts for reflection and planning, not assessments, and not therapy, medical or financial advice. Keep anything confidential, like colleagues’ names, somewhere private.

Want to talk it through?

Bring what you’ve written to a free 30-minute discovery call, online. We’ll look at it together and work out a sensible next step. There’s no obligation to go further.