Tell me about a time when…: a competency-based job interview
Ryan answers a behavioral interview question using the STAR structure; students interview each other for real-feeling jobs and give feedback.
C1Adults55 minInterview
About this lesson
A C1 speaking lesson (interview). Warm-ups, role plays and discussion tasks — get the whole class talking.
- Level
- C1
- Skill
- Speaking
- Type
- Interview
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 55 minutes
- Topic
- Jobs & work
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Reading text, Multiple choice, Matching
- Key words
- That's a good question — let me think of the best example., To give you some context, …, My role in all this was to…, So what I actually did was…, As a result, …, In hindsight, I'd…, What I took away from that was…, to defuse a situation
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Answer behavioral interview questions with a clear Situation–Task–Action–Result structure
- Buy thinking time, reflect on mistakes and turn weaknesses into credible strengths