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