PSA for those of you interviewing: use the STAR method

I'm in a role the gets to sit on many interview panels, and more often than not, I'm subjected to these meandering, sometimes pointless responses to the interview questions, and it drives me nuts. As an interviewer, I am there to assess the experience of the candidates and fit for the role. Getting nothing but word salad out of a candidate's response does no one any favors. So, I'd like to give you the biggest tip out there. \*Try to organize your responses using the STAR method.\* I'm telling you, there is a VAST difference between candidates who use the method and those who don't. This is the formula to provide all of the necessary context and make your point, wrapped up in a nice time-sensitive package. ETA 1: This post was meant to pique interest in a technique to improve interview skills, and to give people who are interested something to research and practice. ETA 2: Clearly people are frustrated with the interview process, so they're taking it out on this post. I'm not HR, and I don't make the question writing rules, but nonetheless the interview process is a necessary evil. Contrary to some of these comments, people think questions are designed to be tricky or make one stumble, and that's usually not true at all. Try out the method and see if it works for you, if not, try something else.