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Interview Skills Worksheet: Preparing for an Interview

Interview skills lesson 10: Preparing for an interview · Set 239 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) no copies of marksheets (b) leaving it to the day (c) checking the route (d) not reading your résumé
  2. 2.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) not knowing the address (b) not reading your résumé (c) practising answers aloud (d) losing the call letter
  3. 3.🗺️ When should you check the route to the venue? (a) after you are late (b) a day or more before (c) never (d) on the way there
  4. 4.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) preparing documents (b) noting questions to ask (c) reading about the place (d) not knowing the address
  5. 5.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) the slot confirmation (b) Class 12 marksheet (c) a portfolio (d) a school ID card
  6. 6.Which of these proves who you are? (a) a portfolio (b) a school ID card (c) a college transcript (d) activity certificates
  7. 7.True or false: “guessing the time” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: “knowing your résumé” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these proves who you are? (a) the slot confirmation (b) the invitation email (c) Class 10 marksheet (d) an Aadhaar card copy
  10. 10.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) not knowing the address (b) guessing the time (c) zero research (d) knowing your résumé
  11. 11.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: guessing the time? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  12. 12.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the invitation email? (a) proves your marks (b) shows your work (c) confirms your slot (d) proves who you are
  13. 13.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: knowing your résumé? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  14. 14.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: checking the route? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  15. 15.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) checking the route (b) practising answers aloud (c) noting questions to ask (d) leaving it to the day
  16. 16.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: no copies of marksheets? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  17. 17.🧁 Before an interview at a bakery, what should you find out? (a) nothing at all (b) its rivals’ secrets (c) what it makes and sells (d) the owner’s address
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the route (b) practising answers aloud (c) knowing your résumé (d) zero research
  19. 19.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the call letter? (a) proves who you are (b) proves your marks (c) confirms your slot (d) shows your work
  20. 20.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) knowing your résumé (b) sleeping well (c) preparing documents (d) losing the call letter
  21. 21.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) zero research (b) losing the call letter (c) staying up all night (d) sleeping well
  22. 22.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a passport copy? (a) proves your marks (b) shows your work (c) confirms your slot (d) proves who you are
  23. 23.Which of these proves your marks? (a) a passport copy (b) Class 10 marksheet (c) an Aadhaar card copy (d) a project file
  24. 24.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) practising answers aloud (b) preparing documents (c) not reading your résumé (d) knowing your résumé
  25. 25.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) Class 10 marksheet (b) a school ID card (c) the invitation email (d) a portfolio
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) preparing documents (b) staying up all night (c) reading about the place (d) noting questions to ask
  27. 27.True or false: “guessing the time” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “sleeping well” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) zero research (b) not knowing the address (c) reading about the place (d) leaving it to the day
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not reading your résumé (b) reading about the place (c) knowing your résumé (d) a mock interview
  31. 31.Which of these shows your work? (a) the call letter (b) an Aadhaar card copy (c) activity certificates (d) Class 10 marksheet
  32. 32.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) its website, prospectus (b) nothing at all (c) rumours from friends (d) guessing
  33. 33.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not reading your résumé? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  34. 34.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: noting questions to ask? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  35. 35.Which of these shows your work? (a) an Aadhaar card copy (b) a portfolio (c) a college transcript (d) Class 12 marksheet
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading about the place (b) leaving it to the day (c) staying up all night (d) zero research
  37. 37.True or false: “not knowing the address” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) none (b) two or three (c) exactly fifty (d) only on your phone
  39. 39.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  40. 40.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) loose in your bag (b) at home (c) in your pocket (d) in one neat folder

Answer key

  1. checking the route
  2. practising answers aloud
  3. a day or more before
  4. not knowing the address
  5. the slot confirmation
  6. a school ID card
  7. True
  8. True
  9. an Aadhaar card copy
  10. knowing your résumé
  11. poor preparation
  12. confirms your slot
  13. good preparation
  14. good preparation
  15. leaving it to the day
  16. poor preparation
  17. what it makes and sells
  18. zero research
  19. confirms your slot
  20. losing the call letter
  21. sleeping well
  22. proves who you are
  23. Class 10 marksheet
  24. not reading your résumé
  25. the invitation email
  26. staying up all night
  27. False
  28. True
  29. reading about the place
  30. not reading your résumé
  31. activity certificates
  32. its website, prospectus
  33. poor preparation
  34. good preparation
  35. a portfolio
  36. reading about the place
  37. False
  38. two or three
  39. good preparation
  40. in one neat folder

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