diff --git a/apps/website/contents/software-engineering-interview-guide.md b/apps/website/contents/software-engineering-interview-guide.md index 5f9b6a8f..5e99c424 100644 --- a/apps/website/contents/software-engineering-interview-guide.md +++ b/apps/website/contents/software-engineering-interview-guide.md @@ -202,9 +202,17 @@ As much as these interviews seem "fluffy" or unstructured, there is actually a s ### 1. Know the STAR format for answering them -The STAR format helps you to organize your answers to behavioral questions. This is most applicable to questions that require you to recount past experiences or behavior. Situation: Share details about the situation that gave rise to the task Task: Explain what you needed to achieve or the problems you had to solve, focusing on the scope, severity or specific benchmarks or outcomes you had to hit Action: Explain what you did to meet your objectives, describing options you had and how you made decisions Results: Describe the outcome of your actions and what you learnt +The **STAR** format helps you to organize your answers to behavioral questions. This is most applicable to questions that require you to recount past experiences or behavior. -Read more: The STAR format for answering behavioral questions +- **Situation**: Share details about the situation that gave rise to the task +- **Task**: Explain what you needed to achieve or the problems you had to solve; focus on the + - Scope + - Severity + - Specific benchmarks/outcomes required +- **Action**: Explain what you did to meet your objectives, describing options you had and how you made decisions +- **Results**: Describe the outcome of your actions and what you learnt + +Read more: [The STAR format for answering behavioral questions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situation,_task,_action,_result) ### 2. Practice the most common behavioral questions for software engineers