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.🗺️ 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.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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping well (b) checking the route (c) staying up all night (d) knowing your résumé
- 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.📁 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.🔍 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.📁 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.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) a portfolio (b) activity certificates (c) an Aadhaar card copy (d) the invitation email
- 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.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.🧁 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.📁 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: a mock interview? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 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.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) only on your phone (b) two or three (c) none (d) exactly fifty
- 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) preparing documents (b) sleeping well (c) knowing your résumé (d) leaving it to the day
- 18.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: staying up all night? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 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.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 21.Which of these shows your work? (a) the invitation email (b) a college transcript (c) the slot confirmation (d) a portfolio
- 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping well (b) a mock interview (c) noting questions to ask (d) zero research
- 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.🔍 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.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: checking the route? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 28.True or false: “sleeping well” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 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.True or false: “no copies of marksheets” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 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.🔍 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.Which of these shows your work? (a) Class 10 marksheet (b) activity certificates (c) Class 12 marksheet (d) an Aadhaar card copy
- 34.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: preparing documents? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 35.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: losing the call letter? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: sleeping well? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 38.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: “staying up all night” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 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
- a day or more before
- checking the route
- staying up all night
- proves who you are
- proves who you are
- checking the route
- proves your marks
- the invitation email
- shows your work
- not knowing the address
- what it makes and sells
- confirms your slot
- good preparation
- shows your work
- two or three
- confirms your slot
- leaving it to the day
- poor preparation
- losing the call letter
- False
- a portfolio
- its website, prospectus
- zero research
- no copies of marksheets
- a mock interview
- False
- good preparation
- False
- in one neat folder
- True
- Class 10 marksheet
- practising answers aloud
- activity certificates
- good preparation
- poor preparation
- not reading your résumé
- good preparation
- True
- True
- an Aadhaar card copy
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