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Interview Skills Worksheet: Preparing for an Interview

Interview skills lesson 10: Preparing for an interview · Set 185 · 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: leaving it to the day? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  2. 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. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping well (b) preparing documents (c) losing the call letter (d) practising answers aloud
  4. 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. 5.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not reading your résumé? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  6. 6.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) knowing your résumé (b) not knowing the address (c) checking the route (d) preparing documents
  8. 8.True or false: “reading about the place” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  9. 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. 10.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: zero research? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  11. 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. 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. 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. 14.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: no copies of marksheets? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  15. 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. 16.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not knowing the address? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  17. 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. 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. 19.True or false: “checking the route” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎭 What is a mock interview? (a) a practice interview (b) a written test (c) a joke interview (d) a fake job offer
  21. 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. 22.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) a mock interview (b) zero research (c) sleeping well (d) knowing your résumé
  23. 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. 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. 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. 26.Which of these proves your marks? (a) Class 12 marksheet (b) the call letter (c) a passport copy (d) a project file
  27. 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. 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. 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. 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. 31.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: practising answers aloud? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  32. 32.True or false: “a mock interview” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  33. 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. 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. 35.True or false: “losing the call letter” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  36. 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. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it to the day (b) preparing documents (c) knowing your résumé (d) sleeping well
  38. 38.True or false: “knowing your résumé” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  39. 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. 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

  1. poor preparation
  2. leaving it to the day
  3. losing the call letter
  4. what it makes and sells
  5. poor preparation
  6. True
  7. not knowing the address
  8. False
  9. confirms your slot
  10. poor preparation
  11. its website, prospectus
  12. practising answers aloud
  13. staying up all night
  14. poor preparation
  15. proves your marks
  16. poor preparation
  17. noting questions to ask
  18. two or three
  19. False
  20. a practice interview
  21. proves who you are
  22. zero research
  23. reading about the place
  24. confirms your slot
  25. a school ID card
  26. Class 12 marksheet
  27. a mock interview
  28. proves who you are
  29. sleeping well
  30. sleep on time
  31. good preparation
  32. False
  33. not reading your résumé
  34. no copies of marksheets
  35. False
  36. proves who you are
  37. leaving it to the day
  38. True
  39. in one neat folder
  40. noting questions to ask

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