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Interview Skills Worksheet: Preparing for an Interview

Interview skills lesson 10: Preparing for an interview · Set 312 · 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.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) practising answers aloud (b) sleeping well (c) checking the route (d) no copies of marksheets
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying up all night (b) zero research (c) reading about the place (d) leaving it to the day
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the route (b) staying up all night (c) practising answers aloud (d) a mock interview
  4. 4.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) sleeping well (b) practising answers aloud (c) guessing the time (d) reading about the place
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) preparing documents (b) losing the call letter (c) zero research (d) not reading your résumé
  6. 6.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: “no copies of marksheets” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: “a mock interview” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) loose in your bag (b) in one neat folder (c) at home (d) in your pocket
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mock interview (b) noting questions to ask (c) practising answers aloud (d) guessing the time
  11. 11.True or false: “zero research” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) knowing your résumé (b) staying up all night (c) reading about the place (d) practising answers aloud
  13. 13.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: Class 10 marksheet? (a) proves who you are (b) shows your work (c) proves your marks (d) confirms your slot
  14. 14.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a college transcript? (a) proves your marks (b) confirms your slot (c) proves who you are (d) shows your work
  15. 15.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) losing the call letter (b) not knowing the address (c) guessing the time (d) checking the route
  16. 16.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: Class 12 marksheet? (a) proves your marks (b) proves who you are (c) shows your work (d) confirms your slot
  17. 17.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the invitation email? (a) proves who you are (b) confirms your slot (c) proves your marks (d) shows your work
  18. 18.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: checking the route? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  19. 19.True or false: “leaving it to the day” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not reading your résumé? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  21. 21.True or false: “losing the call letter” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧁 Before an interview at a bakery, what should you find out? (a) nothing at all (b) the owner’s address (c) its rivals’ secrets (d) what it makes and sells
  23. 23.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the slot confirmation? (a) shows your work (b) proves who you are (c) proves your marks (d) confirms your slot
  24. 24.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) sleeping well (b) noting questions to ask (c) checking the route (d) not knowing the address
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the route (b) losing the call letter (c) staying up all night (d) leaving it to the day
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting questions to ask (b) not knowing the address (c) checking the route (d) reading about the place
  27. 27.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: staying up all night? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  28. 28.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: an Aadhaar card copy? (a) confirms your slot (b) proves your marks (c) shows your work (d) proves who you are
  29. 29.True or false: “not knowing the address” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) losing the call letter (b) not knowing the address (c) leaving it to the day (d) preparing documents
  31. 31.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: preparing documents? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  32. 32.True or false: “reading about the place” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📁 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
  34. 34.True or false: “guessing the time” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🌙 The night before an interview, it is best to… (a) play games late (b) stay up all night (c) start preparing (d) sleep on time
  36. 36.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) an Aadhaar card copy (b) the call letter (c) a project file (d) a portfolio
  37. 37.True or false: “reading about the place” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these shows your work? (a) an Aadhaar card copy (b) the invitation email (c) the call letter (d) a project file
  39. 39.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) guessing (b) rumours from friends (c) nothing at all (d) its website, prospectus
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading about the place (b) not reading your résumé (c) knowing your résumé (d) sleeping well

Answer key

  1. no copies of marksheets
  2. reading about the place
  3. staying up all night
  4. guessing the time
  5. preparing documents
  6. False
  7. False
  8. False
  9. in one neat folder
  10. guessing the time
  11. False
  12. staying up all night
  13. proves your marks
  14. proves your marks
  15. checking the route
  16. proves your marks
  17. confirms your slot
  18. good preparation
  19. True
  20. poor preparation
  21. True
  22. what it makes and sells
  23. confirms your slot
  24. not knowing the address
  25. checking the route
  26. not knowing the address
  27. poor preparation
  28. proves who you are
  29. True
  30. preparing documents
  31. good preparation
  32. True
  33. shows your work
  34. True
  35. sleep on time
  36. the call letter
  37. False
  38. a project file
  39. its website, prospectus
  40. not reading your résumé

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