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