STAR Answer Builder — illustrative example

INPUT
Build a STAR answer. Two reports disagreed because one included canceled orders. Candidate compared definitions with the owners; they agreed to exclude canceled orders in the shared calculation. No time-saving metric supplied.

RESULT
Situation: two reports showed different totals for the same period.
Task: identify why they disagreed and help establish a shared calculation.
Action: I compared the source definitions with the report owners and found that one included canceled orders.
Result: the owners agreed to exclude canceled orders in the shared calculation. I recorded that definition so the reports could be checked consistently.

REVIEW
In STAR answers, spend enough time on the candidate's action. Context should support the example without consuming the whole response.

This is a teaching example, not a live execution record.