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Interview Skills Worksheet: Preparing for an Interview

Interview skills lesson 10: Preparing for an interview · Set 313 · 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) noting questions to ask (b) practising answers aloud (c) preparing documents (d) not reading your résumé
  2. 2.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: a mock interview? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  3. 3.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) a mock interview (b) preparing documents (c) checking the route (d) no copies of marksheets
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting questions to ask (b) zero research (c) not knowing the address (d) losing the call letter
  5. 5.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: zero research? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  6. 6.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) not reading your résumé (b) zero research (c) leaving it to the day (d) checking the route
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) preparing documents (b) a mock interview (c) staying up all night (d) checking the route
  8. 8.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: guessing the time? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  10. 10.🧁 Before an interview at a bakery, what should you find out? (a) nothing at all (b) what it makes and sells (c) the owner’s address (d) its rivals’ secrets
  11. 11.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) leaving it to the day (b) noting questions to ask (c) zero research (d) guessing the time
  12. 12.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) in your pocket (b) loose in your bag (c) at home (d) in one neat folder
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading about the place (b) losing the call letter (c) guessing the time (d) staying up all night
  14. 14.🗺️ When should you check the route to the venue? (a) never (b) after you are late (c) a day or more before (d) on the way there
  15. 15.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) rumours from friends (b) nothing at all (c) guessing (d) its website, prospectus
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it to the day (b) checking the route (c) knowing your résumé (d) reading about the place
  18. 18.🌙 The night before an interview, it is best to… (a) start preparing (b) play games late (c) sleep on time (d) stay up all night
  19. 19.Which of these proves who you are? (a) a portfolio (b) activity certificates (c) a project file (d) a school ID card
  20. 20.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the slot confirmation? (a) proves your marks (b) proves who you are (c) confirms your slot (d) shows your work
  21. 21.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: noting questions to ask? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  22. 22.Which of these proves who you are? (a) an Aadhaar card copy (b) activity certificates (c) Class 12 marksheet (d) a college transcript
  23. 23.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: practising answers aloud? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  24. 24.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a project file? (a) shows your work (b) proves your marks (c) proves who you are (d) confirms your slot
  25. 25.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the invitation email? (a) shows your work (b) proves your marks (c) confirms your slot (d) proves who you are
  26. 26.Which of these proves your marks? (a) a portfolio (b) the invitation email (c) an Aadhaar card copy (d) a college transcript
  27. 27.Which of these proves your marks? (a) an Aadhaar card copy (b) Class 12 marksheet (c) the call letter (d) a portfolio
  28. 28.True or false: “checking the route” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) knowing your résumé (b) not knowing the address (c) leaving it to the day (d) guessing the time
  30. 30.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: leaving it to the day? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  31. 31.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: knowing your résumé? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  32. 32.Which of these shows your work? (a) an Aadhaar card copy (b) the slot confirmation (c) a college transcript (d) a project file
  33. 33.True or false: “not reading your résumé” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising answers aloud (b) preparing documents (c) zero research (d) a mock interview
  35. 35.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  36. 36.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) a college transcript (b) a passport copy (c) the call letter (d) Class 10 marksheet
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising answers aloud (b) checking the route (c) preparing documents (d) no copies of marksheets
  38. 38.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “sleeping well” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) noting questions to ask (b) practising answers aloud (c) staying up all night (d) sleeping well

Answer key

  1. not reading your résumé
  2. good preparation
  3. no copies of marksheets
  4. noting questions to ask
  5. poor preparation
  6. checking the route
  7. staying up all night
  8. True
  9. poor preparation
  10. what it makes and sells
  11. noting questions to ask
  12. in one neat folder
  13. reading about the place
  14. a day or more before
  15. False
  16. its website, prospectus
  17. leaving it to the day
  18. sleep on time
  19. a school ID card
  20. confirms your slot
  21. good preparation
  22. an Aadhaar card copy
  23. good preparation
  24. shows your work
  25. confirms your slot
  26. a college transcript
  27. Class 12 marksheet
  28. True
  29. knowing your résumé
  30. poor preparation
  31. good preparation
  32. a project file
  33. False
  34. zero research
  35. good preparation
  36. the call letter
  37. no copies of marksheets
  38. True
  39. False
  40. staying up all night

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