@axelbeugre Please could I quickly get your opinion on this.
I did a practice interview with someone from my uni's careers service and I explained that sometimes I exaggerate or make up examples for STAR answers and she said it's best to respond with "haven't been in that situation, but a similar position I have been in....I responded with..." or "I haven't experienced that yet, but this is how I would react in that position..."
What do you make of this? Thank you!!
@Pennine Valley HAHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAHAA Loved your answer to this
In my opinion, it's a blend of honesty and strategy, because I’m afraid that admitting to a lack of experience in too many scenarios can lead to the interviewers concluding you lack the necessary competencies for the job, since these interviews aim to assess those very competencies. I’ve been rejected after ACs for less important reasons than this
Therefore, I believe there's a fine line when it comes to embellishing scenarios. It's one thing to outright fabricate experiences, like claiming you raised money for a charity when you didn't, which is not advisable ahaha. On the other hand, slightly exaggerating the extent of your collaboration within a team might be common.
That’s the part where I perform best in my interviews and I exaggerate all my answers lolol
E.g. I did volunteer at the uni legal advice clinic and had to work in a team to write an advice letter for a client, however, we just split the tasks and did research. So I obv had to embellish this scenario a little bit
