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Interview Preparation & Practice Checklist
A real question bank with a self-check for your STAR notes.
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Why each question is asked
| Area | Question | What it probes |
|---|---|---|
| Core | Walk me through your background and why this role interests you. | Checks that you can summarise relevance in about two minutes. |
| Core | Describe a time a plan failed. What did you change afterwards? | Looks for a specific example plus a real adjustment, not a blanket claim. |
| Core | Tell me about a time you had to learn something quickly. | Tests how you break an unfamiliar task into steps. |
| Core | Give an example of working with someone whose approach differed from yours. | Assesses whether you can describe conflict without blaming. |
| Core | What would you want to achieve in your first 90 days? | Reveals whether you have read the role and thought about onboarding. |
| Core | Which part of this job would be hardest for you, and how would you handle it? | A credible answer needs a genuine gap and a concrete mitigation. |
| Core | What questions do you have for us? | Prepared questions show you evaluated the team as well as the other way round. |
| Core | Tell me about a piece of feedback you acted on. | Checks that you can name the behaviour change, not just the feedback. |
| Junior | How do you organise your work when nobody gives you a checklist? | Common for first roles: shows a repeatable planning method. |
| Junior | Describe a mistake you made and exactly how you corrected it. | Junior hiring weighs ownership and escalation more than flawless execution. |
Practise checklist
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Tick each question once you have said an answer out loud.
Your STAR notes
| Signal | Present |
|---|---|
| Names a situation | Not yet |
| Names the action you took | Not yet |
| Names a result | Not yet |
| Includes a number | Not yet |
About this tool
- Question set: 10 questions — 8 core plus 2 for junior level.
- The check on your notes is keyword-based and deliberately blunt; it is a prompt to self-edit, not a grading model.
- Role used in the heading: Operations coordinator.
All results are calculated from the values above using the documented rules. Nothing is uploaded, and there is no AI model behind this tool.
How this tool works
- The bank has eight core questions plus two level-specific questions per level; the same level always returns the same set.
- The STAR check looks for four visible signals in your own notes, including whether a number appears.
- No model generates model answers, scores your personality or predicts an interviewer's decision.
Read the full guides
The step-by-step guides behind this tool, from the Howcompass library.
Questions & answers
Does it write answers for me?
No. It gives you questions, explains what each probes, and checks the notes you write yourself.
Is the STAR score a grade?
No. It is four keyword checks on your draft — a prompt for self-editing, not an assessment of your answer.
Can I tick off questions I have practised?
Yes. The practice checklist is tickable and saved in this browser only.
Privacy & limits
Your notes stay in this browser tab. Nothing is uploaded or sent to a model.
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