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