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Interview Skills Worksheet: Preparing for an Interview

Interview skills lesson 10: Preparing for an interview · Set 124 · 40 questions
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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. 1.True or false: “staying up all night” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: noting questions to ask? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  3. 3.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: zero research? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  4. 4.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) checking the route (b) preparing documents (c) a mock interview (d) not knowing the address
  5. 5.🎭 What is a mock interview? (a) a fake job offer (b) a written test (c) a practice interview (d) a joke interview
  6. 6.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) in your pocket (b) loose in your bag (c) in one neat folder (d) at home
  7. 7.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not reading your résumé? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  8. 8.🧁 Before an interview at a bakery, what should you find out? (a) its rivals’ secrets (b) the owner’s address (c) what it makes and sells (d) nothing at all
  9. 9.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) only on your phone (b) exactly fifty (c) none (d) two or three
  10. 10.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) a college transcript (b) an Aadhaar card copy (c) a passport copy (d) the call letter
  12. 12.True or false: “guessing the time” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: “losing the call letter” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the slot confirmation? (a) confirms your slot (b) proves who you are (c) shows your work (d) proves your marks
  15. 15.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: Class 12 marksheet? (a) shows your work (b) proves your marks (c) proves who you are (d) confirms your slot
  16. 16.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: knowing your résumé? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  17. 17.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) sleeping well (b) a mock interview (c) zero research (d) reading about the place
  18. 18.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) reading about the place (b) preparing documents (c) not reading your résumé (d) practising answers aloud
  19. 19.Which of these proves your marks? (a) activity certificates (b) Class 12 marksheet (c) an Aadhaar card copy (d) a portfolio
  20. 20.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) staying up all night (b) reading about the place (c) leaving it to the day (d) zero research
  21. 21.True or false: “sleeping well” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a college transcript? (a) confirms your slot (b) shows your work (c) proves your marks (d) proves who you are
  23. 23.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the call letter? (a) confirms your slot (b) proves who you are (c) proves your marks (d) shows your work
  25. 25.Which of these shows your work? (a) Class 12 marksheet (b) a portfolio (c) the call letter (d) a passport copy
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not knowing the address (b) zero research (c) guessing the time (d) reading about the place
  27. 27.🌙 The night before an interview, it is best to… (a) start preparing (b) sleep on time (c) play games late (d) stay up all night
  28. 28.Which of these proves your marks? (a) a passport copy (b) an Aadhaar card copy (c) the slot confirmation (d) Class 10 marksheet
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing the time (b) losing the call letter (c) sleeping well (d) not knowing the address
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping well (b) practising answers aloud (c) guessing the time (d) knowing your résumé
  31. 31.True or false: “reading about the place” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mock interview (b) reading about the place (c) leaving it to the day (d) sleeping well
  33. 33.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: no copies of marksheets? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) preparing documents (b) not reading your résumé (c) sleeping well (d) practising answers aloud
  35. 35.Which of these shows your work? (a) a school ID card (b) activity certificates (c) Class 12 marksheet (d) a passport copy
  36. 36.Which of these shows your work? (a) a college transcript (b) a project file (c) an Aadhaar card copy (d) a passport copy
  37. 37.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: checking the route? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  38. 38.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) practising answers aloud (b) no copies of marksheets (c) zero research (d) leaving it to the day
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying up all night (b) a mock interview (c) sleeping well (d) checking the route
  40. 40.🔎 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

Answer key

  1. True
  2. good preparation
  3. poor preparation
  4. not knowing the address
  5. a practice interview
  6. in one neat folder
  7. poor preparation
  8. what it makes and sells
  9. two or three
  10. True
  11. the call letter
  12. True
  13. True
  14. confirms your slot
  15. proves your marks
  16. good preparation
  17. zero research
  18. not reading your résumé
  19. Class 12 marksheet
  20. reading about the place
  21. False
  22. proves your marks
  23. False
  24. confirms your slot
  25. a portfolio
  26. reading about the place
  27. sleep on time
  28. Class 10 marksheet
  29. sleeping well
  30. guessing the time
  31. True
  32. leaving it to the day
  33. poor preparation
  34. not reading your résumé
  35. activity certificates
  36. a project file
  37. good preparation
  38. practising answers aloud
  39. staying up all night
  40. its website, prospectus

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