Impact language & STAR — The Art of the Interview Answer
Grammar: Advanced collocations and register — presenting professional skills persuasively
Free ESL grammar exercise on impact language & star themed around the art of the interview answer. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 5 (advanced) ESL grammar exercise on work, practising advanced collocations and register — presenting professional skills persuasively. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
A candidate who opens with a concrete result, quantifies their contribution, and links it explicitly to the employer's stated priorities will almost always outperform a more capable person who speaks in vague generalities.
Grammar
- Ownership verbs
- Use verbs that show you led the outcome: spearheaded, drove, transformed, negotiated, streamlined. Avoid helped, worked on, was involved in.
- STAR in one sentence
- Combine Situation + Action + Result: When the launch was delayed, I restructured the timeline and delivered three weeks early.
Sample items
- I ______ a cross-functional team to redesign the company's checkout process.
- She ______ supplier costs by negotiating new contracts with three vendors.
- When the deadline moved forward, I ______ the project plan and kept everything on track.
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