#013 — Structured Interviews & the STAR Method
Date: August 7, 2026 | 19:00 London / 21:00 Kyiv
Format: Guest talk + live interactive segment · ~55–65 minutes
Guest: Ihor Kotov
YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/5HmD8FImE2k
Participants
Oleh Levchenko — Senior Full Stack JavaScript Developer (React / Node.js / AWS)
The AA · Cardiff, UK
YouTube @zloyleva · itfriday.community
Ihor Kotov — Aspiring Full Stack & Java Developer
Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University · Mykolaiv, Ukraine
LinkedIn
What we'll cover
A hiring manager's view of structured behavioral interviews: how to build them around the STAR method and a competency model, and how to reduce bias when evaluating candidates. Ihor doesn't have professional IT experience yet — he researched and systematized the STAR methodology as a student of the topic, not as a practicing hiring manager, and shares it with that honest framing.
- Behavioral vs. situational questions — where real actions show up, not just intentions
- The STAR framework (Situation → Task → Action → Result), walked through step by step with an example
- Competency-based question banks for comparing candidates fairly
- Reducing bias in evaluation (halo effect, first impressions) + cross-cultural hiring
- Live and unscripted at the end: Ihor puts a real behavioral question to Oleh, live on air
Key takeaways
To be added after the stream.
Timecodes
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