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16. Probing Follow-up Questions
Specific short probes to use when candidates give vague answers to elicit full STAR details.
Screening & Interviewing Skills for Talent Acquisition
Probing Follow-up Questions
Targeted short questions that turn vague candidate answers into complete STAR stories.
"I asked for an example and got a paragraph of generalities—how do I extract the real story?"
Probing follow-ups are brief, specific prompts you use when a candidate’s answer lacks Situation, Task, Action, or Result details, to elicit concrete evidence and avoid assumptions.
"I asked for an example and got a paragraph of generalities—how do I extract the real story?"
Probing follow-ups are brief, specific prompts you use when a candidate’s answer lacks Situation, Task, Action, or Result details, to elicit concrete evidence and avoid assumptions.