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Interview Skills Worksheet: Preparing for an Interview

Interview skills lesson 10: Preparing for an interview · Set 266 · 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) sleeping well (c) staying up all night (d) reading about the place
  2. 2.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not reading your résumé? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  3. 3.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: zero research? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  4. 4.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) sleeping well (b) preparing documents (c) noting questions to ask (d) leaving it to the day
  6. 6.Which of these proves who you are? (a) Class 12 marksheet (b) Class 10 marksheet (c) a school ID card (d) a portfolio
  7. 7.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) nothing at all (b) guessing (c) its website, prospectus (d) rumours from friends
  8. 8.True or false: “checking the route” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎭 What is a mock interview? (a) a fake job offer (b) a joke interview (c) a practice interview (d) a written test
  10. 10.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: staying up all night? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  11. 11.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a school ID card? (a) confirms your slot (b) shows your work (c) proves your marks (d) proves who you are
  12. 12.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not knowing the address? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying up all night (b) not reading your résumé (c) not knowing the address (d) reading about the place
  14. 14.True or false: “knowing your résumé” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) in your pocket (b) in one neat folder (c) at home (d) loose in your bag
  16. 16.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) only on your phone (b) none (c) exactly fifty (d) two or three
  17. 17.Which of these shows your work? (a) Class 10 marksheet (b) a project file (c) the call letter (d) Class 12 marksheet
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping well (b) checking the route (c) preparing documents (d) leaving it to the day
  19. 19.Which of these shows your work? (a) an Aadhaar card copy (b) Class 10 marksheet (c) a portfolio (d) the call letter
  20. 20.Which of these proves who you are? (a) a college transcript (b) activity certificates (c) the invitation email (d) an Aadhaar card copy
  21. 21.True or false: “zero research” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  23. 23.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) staying up all night (b) zero research (c) preparing documents (d) leaving it to the day
  24. 24.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the call letter? (a) proves your marks (b) confirms your slot (c) shows your work (d) proves who you are
  25. 25.True or false: “sleeping well” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) not reading your résumé (b) reading about the place (c) sleeping well (d) a mock interview
  27. 27.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: noting questions to ask? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  28. 28.True or false: “not reading your résumé” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these shows your work? (a) a passport copy (b) the slot confirmation (c) activity certificates (d) the call letter
  31. 31.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: knowing your résumé? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  32. 32.True or false: “staying up all night” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧁 Before an interview at a bakery, what should you find out? (a) its rivals’ secrets (b) nothing at all (c) the owner’s address (d) what it makes and sells
  34. 34.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a passport copy? (a) proves who you are (b) confirms your slot (c) shows your work (d) proves your marks
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) losing the call letter (b) no copies of marksheets (c) leaving it to the day (d) checking the route
  36. 36.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: no copies of marksheets? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not reading your résumé (b) guessing the time (c) not knowing the address (d) a mock interview
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) preparing documents (b) staying up all night (c) leaving it to the day (d) not knowing the address
  39. 39.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a college transcript? (a) shows your work (b) confirms your slot (c) proves your marks (d) proves who you are
  40. 40.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: sleeping well? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation

Answer key

  1. staying up all night
  2. poor preparation
  3. poor preparation
  4. False
  5. leaving it to the day
  6. a school ID card
  7. its website, prospectus
  8. True
  9. a practice interview
  10. poor preparation
  11. proves who you are
  12. poor preparation
  13. reading about the place
  14. True
  15. in one neat folder
  16. two or three
  17. a project file
  18. leaving it to the day
  19. a portfolio
  20. an Aadhaar card copy
  21. False
  22. good preparation
  23. preparing documents
  24. confirms your slot
  25. True
  26. not reading your résumé
  27. good preparation
  28. False
  29. True
  30. activity certificates
  31. good preparation
  32. False
  33. what it makes and sells
  34. proves who you are
  35. checking the route
  36. poor preparation
  37. a mock interview
  38. preparing documents
  39. proves your marks
  40. good preparation

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