STAR STORY

A star story will convey not only the duties you performed but what you achieved personally or for the company.

Situation: Provide Background on a situation that occurred
Task: Describe the task you were asked to perform
Action: Provide detail about the action you took
Result: Describe the result of learning outcome


Companies expect you to have transferable skills, soft skills that makes us performed within teams, and as a leader. Employers ask us for star stories, what we have achieved that we are proud of. It is very much based upon achievements. Instead of focusing on the team, focus on your personal contribution.  Employees want to learn about your competencies for the specific job. Most demanded competences in design sector are business skills, ability to network, communication skills, & time management.

• My Star Stories: 
• I went to a Boarding School in Hampshire for three months, where there were only english students and I was the only Norwegian person, and knew nobody. After two weeks I became the captain of our School Runners team, and every weekend we travelled to new places to play our matches. It improved my communications skills, and made me work better in groups and as a leader. 
• In 2010 I was on the Deans List at Regents Business College, an award for my high grades.
• In 2009 I held a speech for my dads 50th birthday, in front of 150 people. It improved my confidence in speaking in front of crowds. 
• I was an actor for my school play, in front of a crowd of minimum 100 people each day for two weeks. The preparations for the play lasted for four months, and it improved my teamwork skills, as well as networking skills. The year after I was the director of the school play, which improved my leadership and managerial skills. 
• I was the head of the student counsel for two years, which improved my teamwork skills, marketing skills and leadership skills.