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 is the odd one out? (a) noting questions to ask (b) guessing the time (c) reading about the place (d) preparing documents
- 2.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: a mock interview? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 3.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: leaving it to the day? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 4.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the invitation email? (a) confirms your slot (b) proves your marks (c) proves who you are (d) shows your work
- 5.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) nothing at all (b) guessing (c) its website, prospectus (d) rumours from friends
- 6.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 8.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) not reading your résumé (b) zero research (c) staying up all night (d) knowing your résumé
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mock interview (b) zero research (c) losing the call letter (d) guessing the time
- 10.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: checking the route? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 11.True or false: “not reading your résumé” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🧁 Before an interview at a bakery, what should you find out? (a) the owner’s address (b) its rivals’ secrets (c) what it makes and sells (d) nothing at all
- 13.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) none (b) only on your phone (c) two or three (d) exactly fifty
- 14.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) checking the route (b) zero research (c) staying up all night (d) leaving it to the day
- 15.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: no copies of marksheets? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 16.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a portfolio? (a) shows your work (b) confirms your slot (c) proves who you are (d) proves your marks
- 17.True or false: “checking the route” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 18.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) preparing documents (b) knowing your résumé (c) losing the call letter (d) practising answers aloud
- 19.True or false: “checking the route” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 20.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: Class 12 marksheet? (a) confirms your slot (b) shows your work (c) proves your marks (d) proves who you are
- 21.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) not reading your résumé (b) not knowing the address (c) practising answers aloud (d) losing the call letter
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it to the day (b) guessing the time (c) zero research (d) preparing documents
- 23.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) practising answers aloud (b) checking the route (c) a mock interview (d) leaving it to the day
- 24.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) knowing your résumé (b) reading about the place (c) practising answers aloud (d) not knowing the address
- 25.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) a school ID card (b) an Aadhaar card copy (c) the call letter (d) a passport copy
- 26.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) zero research (b) noting questions to ask (c) not reading your résumé (d) guessing the time
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) zero research (b) not knowing the address (c) practising answers aloud (d) leaving it to the day
- 28.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a school ID card? (a) shows your work (b) confirms your slot (c) proves who you are (d) proves your marks
- 29.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the slot confirmation? (a) proves your marks (b) proves who you are (c) confirms your slot (d) shows your work
- 30.Which of these proves your marks? (a) Class 10 marksheet (b) an Aadhaar card copy (c) a project file (d) a school ID card
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) preparing documents (b) reading about the place (c) knowing your résumé (d) staying up all night
- 32.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a college transcript? (a) shows your work (b) proves who you are (c) proves your marks (d) confirms your slot
- 33.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not reading your résumé? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 34.Which of these shows your work? (a) a school ID card (b) the call letter (c) Class 12 marksheet (d) activity certificates
- 35.Which of these proves who you are? (a) the slot confirmation (b) Class 10 marksheet (c) a passport copy (d) a portfolio
- 36.True or false: “zero research” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: zero research? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 38.Which of these proves your marks? (a) Class 12 marksheet (b) a project file (c) a passport copy (d) a school ID card
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not knowing the address (b) no copies of marksheets (c) guessing the time (d) reading about the place
- 40.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: losing the call letter? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
Answer key
- guessing the time
- good preparation
- poor preparation
- confirms your slot
- its website, prospectus
- False
- good preparation
- knowing your résumé
- a mock interview
- good preparation
- True
- what it makes and sells
- two or three
- checking the route
- poor preparation
- shows your work
- False
- losing the call letter
- True
- proves your marks
- practising answers aloud
- preparing documents
- leaving it to the day
- not knowing the address
- the call letter
- noting questions to ask
- practising answers aloud
- proves who you are
- confirms your slot
- Class 10 marksheet
- staying up all night
- proves your marks
- poor preparation
- activity certificates
- a passport copy
- True
- poor preparation
- Class 12 marksheet
- reading about the place
- poor preparation
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