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Interview Skills Worksheet: Preparing for an Interview

Interview skills lesson 10: Preparing for an interview · Set 309 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🗺️ 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
  2. 2.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) guessing the time (b) leaving it to the day (c) staying up all night (d) checking the route
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping well (b) checking the route (c) staying up all night (d) knowing your résumé
  4. 4.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a school ID card? (a) shows your work (b) proves who you are (c) proves your marks (d) confirms your slot
  5. 5.📁 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
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) losing the call letter (b) leaving it to the day (c) staying up all night (d) checking the route
  7. 7.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: Class 12 marksheet? (a) shows your work (b) proves your marks (c) proves who you are (d) confirms your slot
  8. 8.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) a portfolio (b) activity certificates (c) an Aadhaar card copy (d) the invitation email
  9. 9.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a project file? (a) proves your marks (b) confirms your slot (c) shows your work (d) proves who you are
  10. 10.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) reading about the place (b) practising answers aloud (c) not knowing the address (d) preparing documents
  11. 11.🧁 Before an interview at a bakery, what should you find out? (a) its rivals’ secrets (b) nothing at all (c) the owner’s address (d) what it makes and sells
  12. 12.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the call letter? (a) proves who you are (b) shows your work (c) proves your marks (d) confirms your slot
  13. 13.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: a mock interview? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  14. 14.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a portfolio? (a) confirms your slot (b) proves who you are (c) proves your marks (d) shows your work
  15. 15.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) only on your phone (b) two or three (c) none (d) exactly fifty
  16. 16.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the slot confirmation? (a) proves your marks (b) shows your work (c) proves who you are (d) confirms your slot
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) preparing documents (b) sleeping well (c) knowing your résumé (d) leaving it to the day
  18. 18.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: staying up all night? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  19. 19.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) noting questions to ask (b) practising answers aloud (c) knowing your résumé (d) losing the call letter
  20. 20.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these shows your work? (a) the invitation email (b) a college transcript (c) the slot confirmation (d) a portfolio
  22. 22.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) its website, prospectus (b) guessing (c) nothing at all (d) rumours from friends
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping well (b) a mock interview (c) noting questions to ask (d) zero research
  24. 24.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) no copies of marksheets (b) noting questions to ask (c) a mock interview (d) reading about the place
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no copies of marksheets (b) not knowing the address (c) a mock interview (d) staying up all night
  26. 26.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: checking the route? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  28. 28.True or false: “sleeping well” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) in one neat folder (b) at home (c) loose in your bag (d) in your pocket
  30. 30.True or false: “no copies of marksheets” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these proves your marks? (a) a passport copy (b) an Aadhaar card copy (c) Class 10 marksheet (d) a school ID card
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) zero research (b) losing the call letter (c) leaving it to the day (d) practising answers aloud
  33. 33.Which of these shows your work? (a) Class 10 marksheet (b) activity certificates (c) Class 12 marksheet (d) an Aadhaar card copy
  34. 34.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: preparing documents? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  35. 35.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: losing the call letter? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  36. 36.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) not reading your résumé (b) knowing your résumé (c) a mock interview (d) practising answers aloud
  37. 37.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: sleeping well? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  38. 38.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “staying up all night” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these proves who you are? (a) a college transcript (b) the slot confirmation (c) Class 12 marksheet (d) an Aadhaar card copy

Answer key

  1. a day or more before
  2. checking the route
  3. staying up all night
  4. proves who you are
  5. proves who you are
  6. checking the route
  7. proves your marks
  8. the invitation email
  9. shows your work
  10. not knowing the address
  11. what it makes and sells
  12. confirms your slot
  13. good preparation
  14. shows your work
  15. two or three
  16. confirms your slot
  17. leaving it to the day
  18. poor preparation
  19. losing the call letter
  20. False
  21. a portfolio
  22. its website, prospectus
  23. zero research
  24. no copies of marksheets
  25. a mock interview
  26. False
  27. good preparation
  28. False
  29. in one neat folder
  30. True
  31. Class 10 marksheet
  32. practising answers aloud
  33. activity certificates
  34. good preparation
  35. poor preparation
  36. not reading your résumé
  37. good preparation
  38. True
  39. True
  40. an Aadhaar card copy

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