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