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.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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: a mock interview? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 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.🔍 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: zero research? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) preparing documents (b) a mock interview (c) staying up all night (d) checking the route
- 8.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: guessing the time? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 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.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.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) in your pocket (b) loose in your bag (c) at home (d) in one neat folder
- 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.🗺️ 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.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 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.🔍 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.🌙 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.Which of these proves who you are? (a) a portfolio (b) activity certificates (c) a project file (d) a school ID card
- 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: noting questions to ask? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: practising answers aloud? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 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.📁 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.Which of these proves your marks? (a) a portfolio (b) the invitation email (c) an Aadhaar card copy (d) a college transcript
- 27.Which of these proves your marks? (a) an Aadhaar card copy (b) Class 12 marksheet (c) the call letter (d) a portfolio
- 28.True or false: “checking the route” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: leaving it to the day? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 31.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: knowing your résumé? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 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.True or false: “not reading your résumé” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising answers aloud (b) preparing documents (c) zero research (d) a mock interview
- 35.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising answers aloud (b) checking the route (c) preparing documents (d) no copies of marksheets
- 38.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: “sleeping well” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 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
- not reading your résumé
- good preparation
- no copies of marksheets
- noting questions to ask
- poor preparation
- checking the route
- staying up all night
- True
- poor preparation
- what it makes and sells
- noting questions to ask
- in one neat folder
- reading about the place
- a day or more before
- False
- its website, prospectus
- leaving it to the day
- sleep on time
- a school ID card
- confirms your slot
- good preparation
- an Aadhaar card copy
- good preparation
- shows your work
- confirms your slot
- a college transcript
- Class 12 marksheet
- True
- knowing your résumé
- poor preparation
- good preparation
- a project file
- False
- zero research
- good preparation
- the call letter
- no copies of marksheets
- True
- False
- staying up all night
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