Okay I recently interviewed at a place and they said that I need to be more clear and concise. How do I improve my communication skills as a non-native speaker? TIA 

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If it relates to answering a question, it can be helpful to pause, establish in that few seconds, your desired main point you need to address, then begin to provide your response. If you just begin responding without an end point in mind, you may carry on and go past the original intended question. Taking a moment to collect your thoughts is a healthy communication exercise.

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I really struggled with this on some amazon loops.

To be honest the only thing that had an impact was doing some practice--- ok so let's describe this project...start clock...I feel like I thought everything about the project/topics was interesting and rambled for far too long initially. I worked to really get down to the STAR summary of things and it really helped in future interviews

Not sure that's helpful, or just a quirk for me, but you are not alone!

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STAR is a good way to structure most of the business discussions. This framework will help you to keep your answers concise.

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