The STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) format - job interview technique

The STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) format is a job interview technique used by interviewers to gather all the relevant information about a specific capability that the job requires. This interview format is said^{[by whom?]} to have a higher degree of predictability of future on-the-job performance than the traditional interview. This technique is a behavioral interview technique.

• Situation: The interviewer wants you to present a recent challenge and situation in which you found yourself.
• Task: What did you have to achieve? The interviewer will be looking to see what you were trying to achieve from the situation.
• Action: What did you do? The interviewer will be looking for information on what you did, why you did it and what the alternatives were.
• Results: What was the outcome of your actions? What did you achieve through your actions and did you meet your objectives? What did you learn from this experience and have you used this learning since?

The STAR technique is similar to the SOARA technique.

The SOARA (Situation, Objective, Action, Results, Aftermath) - job interview technique

The SOARA (Situation, Objective, Action, Results, Aftermath) is a job interview technique. The SOARA technique is similar to the Situation, Task, Action, Result technique. In many interviews, the SOARA technique is used as a structure for progressively extracting information relating to a recent challenge.

• Situation: The interviewer wants you to present a recent challenge and situation you found yourself in.
• Objective: What did you have to achieve? The interviewer will be looking to see what you were trying to achieve from the situation.
• Action: What did you do? The interviewer will be looking for information on what you did, why you did it and what were the alternatives.
• Results: What was the outcome of your actions? What did you achieve through your actions and did you meet your objectives.
• Aftermath: What did you learn from this experience and have you used this learning since?

Consumer speech recognition Applications

Ok Google  -- Google
Alexa  -- Amazon
Siri      -- Apple
Cortana -- Microsoft

Forklift Upgrade ( of IT Systems )

Forklift Upgrade

The term is believed to have originated when the individual components of an IT system were much larger, and may have required a forklift to haul old components away and bring new components in. In modern terms, a forklift upgrade usually refers to a software change that requires extensive hardware updates or a hardware update that requires all new software. Forklift upgrades are most common in organizations with many legacy systems that make new implementations trickier as the surrounding systems age. With IT infrastructure, the choice seems to be between regular investments over time or the occasional (and expensive) forklift upgrade when current technology has raced too far ahead.