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