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