Interview Better​ With The START Method

Our objective is simple – Give you a competitive advantage over other candidates to get the job

“Them that would perfect their work must first sharpen their tools”. Confucius (551-479 BC)

You wouldn’t screw in a screw with a saw, and you wouldn’t apply nail varnish with a yard brush! The point is you need to have the right tools to do the job; the better your tools, the better you are to do the job. It is no different with interviews. If you have the right tools, you can interview far better than people who don’t, giving a competitive advantage to secure the position.

Focused on skilled professionals in managerial or administrative office roles, whether this is your first interview or you are applying for a management position, this site is for you. Here at interview-better.com, we ensure you have the best toolbox available to make sure you can effectively articulate the HOW of your achievements, which will differentiate you from the competition and give you an edge over other candidates.

To develop your understanding of these tools, we spit the site to three key focus areas:

How Does The START Method Work?

The most common approach to answering interview questions is to follow the STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) model to deliver structured answers – a sound, proven model to leverage in an interview situation. Although the STAR model will provide a structure for answering interview questions, it will not provide insight into how to apply theoretical models to practical examples.

interview-better.com focuses on the START Method where the ‘T’ represents the Theory element. Although the ‘T’ in the START Method acronym is at the end, the reality is the Theory can be applied at differing intervals of an interview answer, most commonly during the Action or Result stage

Competency (noun) : the ability to do something successfully or efficiently

The START Method is highly effective when applied to Competency-based interview questions. Competence-base questions are designed to assess a candidate’s skills, abilities, and behavior by asking specific questions about past experiences and are a key element in interviews. The START Method enables candidates to demonstrate their key competencies and skills relevant to the job showing their ability and how they’ve applied them in real-world situations.

The site will introduce you to several theoretical models so you can incorporate them into the structure of your answers enabling you to combine your practical career experience examples with the theory which supports how you have delivered them. The interview answer should focus predominately on what you delivered, with the theory of the model application providing a framework and supportive element of any answer.

The approach gives stronger answers than following the STAR model alone. Building on your practical experiences and demonstrating your theoretical understanding enables you to demonstrate to the interviewer your understanding of the theoretical tools and that you have the versatility to deliver in the role.