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.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) staying up all night (b) not reading your résumé (c) a mock interview (d) not knowing the address
- 2.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a project file? (a) proves your marks (b) shows your work (c) confirms your slot (d) proves who you are
- 3.Which of these proves who you are? (a) Class 10 marksheet (b) Class 12 marksheet (c) a portfolio (d) a school ID card
- 4.Which of these proves your marks? (a) a portfolio (b) Class 12 marksheet (c) activity certificates (d) the slot confirmation
- 5.True or false: “checking the route” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 6.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) checking the route (b) sleeping well (c) practising answers aloud (d) losing the call letter
- 7.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: losing the call letter? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 8.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: a mock interview? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 9.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) checking the route (b) preparing documents (c) practising answers aloud (d) zero research
- 10.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) checking the route (b) practising answers aloud (c) not reading your résumé (d) reading about the place
- 11.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the slot confirmation? (a) proves who you are (b) shows your work (c) confirms your slot (d) proves your marks
- 12.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) practising answers aloud (b) not knowing the address (c) sleeping well (d) noting questions to ask
- 13.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) staying up all night (b) leaving it to the day (c) guessing the time (d) checking the route
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) zero research (b) leaving it to the day (c) not reading your résumé (d) noting questions to ask
- 15.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: guessing the time? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 16.Which of these proves your marks? (a) an Aadhaar card copy (b) the slot confirmation (c) a project file (d) a college transcript
- 17.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a passport copy? (a) proves your marks (b) confirms your slot (c) proves who you are (d) shows your work
- 18.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: leaving it to the day? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 19.True or false: “reading about the place” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the route (b) sleeping well (c) noting questions to ask (d) losing the call letter
- 21.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) two or three (b) only on your phone (c) exactly fifty (d) none
- 22.🗺️ When should you check the route to the venue? (a) a day or more before (b) after you are late (c) on the way there (d) never
- 23.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) knowing your résumé (b) a mock interview (c) guessing the time (d) checking the route
- 24.🎭 What is a mock interview? (a) a written test (b) a practice interview (c) a joke interview (d) a fake job offer
- 25.True or false: “staying up all night” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: sleeping well? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 27.Which of these shows your work? (a) Class 12 marksheet (b) the call letter (c) a project file (d) the invitation email
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) losing the call letter (b) zero research (c) guessing the time (d) checking the route
- 29.True or false: “no copies of marksheets” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) losing the call letter (b) zero research (c) knowing your résumé (d) no copies of marksheets
- 31.True or false: “guessing the time” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 32.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) activity certificates (b) a project file (c) the slot confirmation (d) a passport copy
- 33.🔎 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
- 34.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 35.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: staying up all night? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 36.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: preparing documents? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 38.True or false: “losing the call letter” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 39.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a school ID card? (a) proves who you are (b) proves your marks (c) shows your work (d) confirms your slot
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) zero research (b) leaving it to the day (c) not reading your résumé (d) practising answers aloud
Answer key
- a mock interview
- shows your work
- a school ID card
- Class 12 marksheet
- True
- losing the call letter
- poor preparation
- good preparation
- zero research
- not reading your résumé
- confirms your slot
- not knowing the address
- checking the route
- noting questions to ask
- poor preparation
- a college transcript
- proves who you are
- poor preparation
- True
- losing the call letter
- two or three
- a day or more before
- guessing the time
- a practice interview
- False
- good preparation
- a project file
- checking the route
- True
- knowing your résumé
- False
- the slot confirmation
- its website, prospectus
- good preparation
- poor preparation
- False
- good preparation
- False
- proves who you are
- practising answers aloud
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