Free Lesson
The faults in your STAR and what to do about it
30 min
Nov 22, 2026 3:00 PM
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What you'll learn
Spot the six faults STAR builds into your answers
Too much context up front, bottom line up last, rambling, stakeholders disappear, decisions dissolve, lessons lost.
Fix each fault with one simple check
Lead with the answer. Five actions or fewer. Name the senior stakeholder, the decision and one lesson.
Start your story bank in STAR+5
Give the interviewer data points, timeline, stakeholders, decisions and lessons learned to write down.
Why this topic matters
You prepared. You wrote your stories in STAR. You still did not get the offer. Very often it is not you. It is STAR. The format pushes you to spend too long on context, keep your result for the end, and leave out what the interviewer needs to write down for the debrief. In 30 minutes I walk you through the six faults I see in STAR answers, and the fix for each one. For business, program and product managers in tech.
