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Interview Skills Worksheet: Preparing for an Interview

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

Answer key

  1. guessing the time
  2. a practice interview
  3. noting questions to ask
  4. reading about the place
  5. zero research
  6. True
  7. its website, prospectus
  8. a day or more before
  9. proves who you are
  10. False
  11. staying up all night
  12. good preparation
  13. preparing documents
  14. losing the call letter
  15. in one neat folder
  16. a college transcript
  17. good preparation
  18. sleep on time
  19. not reading your résumé
  20. proves your marks
  21. leaving it to the day
  22. a portfolio
  23. True
  24. shows your work
  25. reading about the place
  26. good preparation
  27. True
  28. False
  29. good preparation
  30. False
  31. two or three
  32. True
  33. the call letter
  34. poor preparation
  35. True
  36. an Aadhaar card copy
  37. what it makes and sells
  38. practising answers aloud
  39. good preparation
  40. sleeping well

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