Interview skills courses for beginners
You worked hard to get your résumé noticed. But once you land the interview, what can you do to secure the job? Find out today with online interview courses on edX.
Job interviews are a chance for you to connect with an interviewer by sharing your values and personality. While an application and résumé cover your education, skills, and experience, a strong job interview can help an employer get to know you and demonstrate that you're the right person for the role.
Explore online interview courses on edX to gain strategies for nailing job interviews and landing your dream gig.
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— Corinne Collette | Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies
What is the STAR method?
The STAR method is an interview response tactic that stands for situation, task, action, and result. This strategy allows you to provide enough context about your impact.
"If you end up getting a lot of follow-up probing questions to the same question, where they're saying, 'Can you tell me more about what role you played in that example?' or, 'Hey, can you tell me what the outcome of that was?' that probably means you're not giving all the context, right? You're not going through that STAR method," Howie said.
When using the STAR method, you:
- Explain a situation to give the interviewer context.
- Talk about the tasks that became your responsibility in the situation.
- Describe the actions you took to complete these tasks.
- Highlight the positive results of your efforts.
"You need to be able to market your skillset and your experience in a way that goes beyond just reciting what's on your résumé. What is the impact you've created?"
— Dan Howie | Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist at Red Ventures
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Job interviews are the only thing standing between you and the job opportunities of your dreams. Avoid misrepresenting your talents, skills, and personality — take an online interview course on edX and learn to make a good impression on an interviewer.