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.🗺️ 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.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.📁 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.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 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.📁 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.🔎 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.🔍 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.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) exactly fifty (b) only on your phone (c) two or three (d) none
- 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: sleeping well? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: preparing documents? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not reading your résumé? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 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.🧁 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not knowing the address? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 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.🔍 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.🎭 What is a mock interview? (a) a joke interview (b) a practice interview (c) a written test (d) a fake job offer
- 22.True or false: “zero research” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: guessing the time? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 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.True or false: “a mock interview” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 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.True or false: “preparing documents” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 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.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) loose in your bag (b) at home (c) in your pocket (d) in one neat folder
- 32.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 33.True or false: “knowing your résumé” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: losing the call letter? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 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.True or false: “not reading your résumé” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 37.True or false: “leaving it to the day” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: “leaving it to the day” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 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.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
- a day or more before
- not knowing the address
- shows your work
- False
- staying up all night
- proves who you are
- its website, prospectus
- staying up all night
- two or three
- proves who you are
- good preparation
- a mock interview
- good preparation
- proves your marks
- poor preparation
- sleep on time
- what it makes and sells
- poor preparation
- confirms your slot
- sleeping well
- a practice interview
- True
- noting questions to ask
- poor preparation
- shows your work
- True
- the invitation email
- True
- False
- practising answers aloud
- in one neat folder
- good preparation
- False
- poor preparation
- guessing the time
- True
- True
- False
- knowing your résumé
- a school ID card
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