STAR stories that land

Behavioral rounds reward preparation that doesn't sound prepared. Build a small bank of stories, each tuned to a signal Cursor probes, each tight enough to tell in under ninety seconds, each ending in a number. Then you deploy the right one on demand instead of grabbing whatever surfaces.

STAR keeps you honest about structure: Situation, Task, Action, Result. Spend your words on the Action and lead with the Result. Most candidates go vague exactly where this role can't afford to - the Result needs a metric, because support here is measured on whether the issue actually got resolved and whether the fix scaled.