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