Interview Skills Worksheet: Preparing for an Interview
Tip (Know, practise, pack): Research the place: its website, prospectus, courses or products, recent news. Know your own résumé well. Folder: photo ID (proves who you are), marksheets (prove your marks), project file or certificates (show your work), call letter or invitation email (confirms your slot), 2–3 résumé copies. Practise aloud in a mock interview, check the route a day or more before, and sleep on time.
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- 1.True or false: “reading about the place” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 2.Which of these proves who you are? (a) a college transcript (b) an Aadhaar card copy (c) Class 12 marksheet (d) a portfolio
- 3.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) losing the call letter (b) leaving it to the day (c) not reading your résumé (d) reading about the place
- 4.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: a mock interview? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 5.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the slot confirmation? (a) shows your work (b) confirms your slot (c) proves who you are (d) proves your marks
- 6.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) not knowing the address (b) leaving it to the day (c) no copies of marksheets (d) a mock interview
- 7.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: no copies of marksheets? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising answers aloud (b) staying up all night (c) leaving it to the day (d) not reading your résumé
- 9.🧁 Before an interview at a bakery, what should you find out? (a) nothing at all (b) what it makes and sells (c) its rivals’ secrets (d) the owner’s address
- 10.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: sleeping well? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 11.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) a college transcript (b) a passport copy (c) a school ID card (d) the invitation email
- 12.True or false: “checking the route” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading about the place (b) checking the route (c) preparing documents (d) staying up all night
- 14.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: preparing documents? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 15.🗺️ When should you check the route to the venue? (a) never (b) a day or more before (c) after you are late (d) on the way there
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the route (b) zero research (c) losing the call letter (d) guessing the time
- 17.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a portfolio? (a) proves your marks (b) proves who you are (c) confirms your slot (d) shows your work
- 18.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) knowing your résumé (b) reading about the place (c) sleeping well (d) not reading your résumé
- 19.True or false: “a mock interview” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: “staying up all night” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 21.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) leaving it to the day (b) sleeping well (c) checking the route (d) practising answers aloud
- 22.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) the call letter (b) an Aadhaar card copy (c) a school ID card (d) Class 10 marksheet
- 23.True or false: “preparing documents” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) nothing at all (b) its website, prospectus (c) guessing (d) rumours from friends
- 25.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: Class 12 marksheet? (a) proves who you are (b) shows your work (c) proves your marks (d) confirms your slot
- 26.True or false: “guessing the time” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 27.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) zero research (b) practising answers aloud (c) preparing documents (d) knowing your résumé
- 28.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: losing the call letter? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 29.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) none (b) two or three (c) only on your phone (d) exactly fifty
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the route (b) noting questions to ask (c) a mock interview (d) losing the call letter
- 31.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) staying up all night (b) a mock interview (c) knowing your résumé (d) noting questions to ask
- 32.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the invitation email? (a) proves your marks (b) confirms your slot (c) proves who you are (d) shows your work
- 33.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: zero research? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 34.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: Class 10 marksheet? (a) proves your marks (b) shows your work (c) confirms your slot (d) proves who you are
- 35.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a passport copy? (a) confirms your slot (b) proves who you are (c) shows your work (d) proves your marks
- 36.True or false: “a mock interview” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🎭 What is a mock interview? (a) a fake job offer (b) a joke interview (c) a practice interview (d) a written test
- 38.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 39.Which of these proves who you are? (a) a school ID card (b) the call letter (c) the slot confirmation (d) a project file
- 40.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) no copies of marksheets (b) losing the call letter (c) staying up all night (d) knowing your résumé
Answer key
- True
- an Aadhaar card copy
- reading about the place
- good preparation
- confirms your slot
- a mock interview
- poor preparation
- practising answers aloud
- what it makes and sells
- good preparation
- the invitation email
- False
- staying up all night
- good preparation
- a day or more before
- checking the route
- shows your work
- not reading your résumé
- True
- False
- leaving it to the day
- the call letter
- False
- its website, prospectus
- proves your marks
- False
- zero research
- poor preparation
- two or three
- losing the call letter
- staying up all night
- confirms your slot
- poor preparation
- proves your marks
- proves who you are
- False
- a practice interview
- good preparation
- a school ID card
- knowing your résumé
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