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.True or false: “guessing the time” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 3.True or false: “preparing documents” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 4.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) reading about the place (b) knowing your résumé (c) practising answers aloud (d) losing the call letter
- 5.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: practising answers aloud? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 6.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a passport copy? (a) confirms your slot (b) shows your work (c) proves your marks (d) proves who you are
- 7.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) leaving it to the day (b) staying up all night (c) not knowing the address (d) practising answers aloud
- 8.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) sleeping well (b) knowing your résumé (c) checking the route (d) not knowing the address
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) losing the call letter (b) checking the route (c) not knowing the address (d) no copies of marksheets
- 10.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: no copies of marksheets? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 11.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: preparing documents? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 12.🔎 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
- 13.🌙 The night before an interview, it is best to… (a) start preparing (b) stay up all night (c) sleep on time (d) play games late
- 14.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: an Aadhaar card copy? (a) proves your marks (b) confirms your slot (c) shows your work (d) proves who you are
- 15.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) reading about the place (b) noting questions to ask (c) staying up all night (d) a mock interview
- 16.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: checking the route? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 17.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: leaving it to the day? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 18.True or false: “sleeping well” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not reading your résumé? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 20.True or false: “no copies of marksheets” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 21.Which of these proves your marks? (a) Class 10 marksheet (b) the invitation email (c) an Aadhaar card copy (d) a passport copy
- 22.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) reading about the place (b) zero research (c) losing the call letter (d) staying up all night
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading about the place (b) zero research (c) a mock interview (d) practising answers aloud
- 24.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the slot confirmation? (a) confirms your slot (b) shows your work (c) proves who you are (d) proves your marks
- 25.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) in your pocket (b) in one neat folder (c) at home (d) loose in your bag
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising answers aloud (b) staying up all night (c) preparing documents (d) knowing your résumé
- 27.🗺️ When should you check the route to the venue? (a) a day or more before (b) after you are late (c) never (d) on the way there
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping well (b) guessing the time (c) reading about the place (d) checking the route
- 29.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) a portfolio (b) the invitation email (c) a passport copy (d) a college transcript
- 30.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: knowing your résumé? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 31.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: guessing the time? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 32.Which of these proves your marks? (a) the slot confirmation (b) a college transcript (c) a passport copy (d) a school ID card
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping well (b) not reading your résumé (c) staying up all night (d) losing the call letter
- 34.Which of these proves your marks? (a) a portfolio (b) activity certificates (c) Class 12 marksheet (d) the call letter
- 35.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 36.Which of these proves who you are? (a) the slot confirmation (b) an Aadhaar card copy (c) a portfolio (d) activity certificates
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no copies of marksheets (b) zero research (c) noting questions to ask (d) leaving it to the day
- 38.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) losing the call letter (b) guessing the time (c) preparing documents (d) zero research
- 39.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) noting questions to ask (b) not knowing the address (c) zero research (d) leaving it to the day
- 40.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) knowing your résumé (b) not knowing the address (c) not reading your résumé (d) losing the call letter
Answer key
- False
- good preparation
- False
- losing the call letter
- good preparation
- proves who you are
- practising answers aloud
- not knowing the address
- checking the route
- poor preparation
- good preparation
- its website, prospectus
- sleep on time
- proves who you are
- staying up all night
- good preparation
- poor preparation
- False
- poor preparation
- False
- Class 10 marksheet
- reading about the place
- zero research
- confirms your slot
- in one neat folder
- staying up all night
- a day or more before
- guessing the time
- the invitation email
- good preparation
- poor preparation
- a college transcript
- sleeping well
- Class 12 marksheet
- True
- an Aadhaar card copy
- noting questions to ask
- preparing documents
- noting questions to ask
- knowing your résumé
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