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