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Interview Skills Worksheet: Preparing for an Interview

Interview skills lesson 10: Preparing for an interview · Set 172 · 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.🗺️ When should you check the route to the venue? (a) a day or more before (b) never (c) on the way there (d) after you are late
  2. 2.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) not knowing the address (b) practising answers aloud (c) preparing documents (d) noting questions to ask
  3. 3.📁 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
  4. 4.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) sleeping well (b) checking the route (c) staying up all night (d) knowing your résumé
  6. 6.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: an Aadhaar card copy? (a) proves your marks (b) proves who you are (c) shows your work (d) confirms your slot
  7. 7.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) rumours from friends (b) its website, prospectus (c) guessing (d) nothing at all
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading about the place (b) noting questions to ask (c) staying up all night (d) knowing your résumé
  9. 9.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) exactly fifty (b) only on your phone (c) two or three (d) none
  10. 10.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a school ID card? (a) shows your work (b) proves who you are (c) confirms your slot (d) proves your marks
  11. 11.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: sleeping well? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying up all night (b) a mock interview (c) not knowing the address (d) leaving it to the day
  13. 13.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: preparing documents? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  14. 14.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: Class 10 marksheet? (a) confirms your slot (b) proves your marks (c) shows your work (d) proves who you are
  15. 15.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not reading your résumé? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  16. 16.🌙 The night before an interview, it is best to… (a) stay up all night (b) sleep on time (c) start preparing (d) play games late
  17. 17.🧁 Before an interview at a bakery, what should you find out? (a) the owner’s address (b) nothing at all (c) what it makes and sells (d) its rivals’ secrets
  18. 18.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not knowing the address? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  19. 19.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the call letter? (a) shows your work (b) proves your marks (c) proves who you are (d) confirms your slot
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no copies of marksheets (b) not knowing the address (c) not reading your résumé (d) sleeping well
  21. 21.🎭 What is a mock interview? (a) a joke interview (b) a practice interview (c) a written test (d) a fake job offer
  22. 22.True or false: “zero research” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) noting questions to ask (b) not knowing the address (c) no copies of marksheets (d) losing the call letter
  24. 24.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: guessing the time? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  25. 25.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a project file? (a) proves your marks (b) shows your work (c) proves who you are (d) confirms your slot
  26. 26.True or false: “a mock interview” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) a passport copy (b) Class 10 marksheet (c) the invitation email (d) a school ID card
  28. 28.True or false: “preparing documents” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) guessing the time (b) practising answers aloud (c) not knowing the address (d) staying up all night
  31. 31.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) loose in your bag (b) at home (c) in your pocket (d) in one neat folder
  32. 32.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  33. 33.True or false: “knowing your résumé” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: losing the call letter? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  35. 35.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) guessing the time (b) checking the route (c) noting questions to ask (d) a mock interview
  36. 36.True or false: “not reading your résumé” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “leaving it to the day” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “leaving it to the day” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) zero research (b) knowing your résumé (c) staying up all night (d) not knowing the address
  40. 40.Which of these proves who you are? (a) a school ID card (b) Class 10 marksheet (c) Class 12 marksheet (d) activity certificates

Answer key

  1. a day or more before
  2. not knowing the address
  3. shows your work
  4. False
  5. staying up all night
  6. proves who you are
  7. its website, prospectus
  8. staying up all night
  9. two or three
  10. proves who you are
  11. good preparation
  12. a mock interview
  13. good preparation
  14. proves your marks
  15. poor preparation
  16. sleep on time
  17. what it makes and sells
  18. poor preparation
  19. confirms your slot
  20. sleeping well
  21. a practice interview
  22. True
  23. noting questions to ask
  24. poor preparation
  25. shows your work
  26. True
  27. the invitation email
  28. True
  29. False
  30. practising answers aloud
  31. in one neat folder
  32. good preparation
  33. False
  34. poor preparation
  35. guessing the time
  36. True
  37. True
  38. False
  39. knowing your résumé
  40. a school ID card

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