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 is the odd one out? (a) preparing documents (b) noting questions to ask (c) not reading your résumé (d) reading about the place
- 2.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: losing the call letter? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 3.True or false: “no copies of marksheets” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 4.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: activity certificates? (a) confirms your slot (b) proves who you are (c) shows your work (d) proves your marks
- 5.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) at home (b) loose in your bag (c) in your pocket (d) in one neat folder
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no copies of marksheets (b) zero research (c) leaving it to the day (d) knowing your résumé
- 7.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) sleeping well (b) losing the call letter (c) not knowing the address (d) guessing the time
- 8.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) guessing the time (b) not knowing the address (c) zero research (d) practising answers aloud
- 9.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) staying up all night (b) reading about the place (c) knowing your résumé (d) sleeping well
- 10.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) zero research (b) leaving it to the day (c) checking the route (d) staying up all night
- 11.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) its website, prospectus (b) nothing at all (c) rumours from friends (d) guessing
- 12.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not knowing the address? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 13.Which of these proves your marks? (a) activity certificates (b) the call letter (c) Class 12 marksheet (d) an Aadhaar card copy
- 14.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: guessing the time? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 15.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) Class 10 marksheet (b) Class 12 marksheet (c) a project file (d) the call letter
- 16.True or false: “checking the route” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 17.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) reading about the place (b) noting questions to ask (c) checking the route (d) guessing the time
- 18.Which of these shows your work? (a) activity certificates (b) the call letter (c) a college transcript (d) a school ID card
- 19.True or false: “not reading your résumé” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: “guessing the time” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: knowing your résumé? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 22.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) preparing documents (b) zero research (c) not reading your résumé (d) not knowing the address
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) knowing your résumé (b) not knowing the address (c) practising answers aloud (d) sleeping well
- 24.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 25.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the invitation email? (a) confirms your slot (b) proves who you are (c) shows your work (d) proves your marks
- 26.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the call letter? (a) proves your marks (b) proves who you are (c) shows your work (d) confirms your slot
- 27.True or false: “not knowing the address” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🗺️ When should you check the route to the venue? (a) after you are late (b) on the way there (c) a day or more before (d) never
- 29.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: leaving it to the day? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 30.🎭 What is a mock interview? (a) a joke interview (b) a fake job offer (c) a written test (d) a practice interview
- 31.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a college transcript? (a) proves who you are (b) shows your work (c) proves your marks (d) confirms your slot
- 32.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: checking the route? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 33.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: zero research? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 34.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) knowing your résumé (b) not reading your résumé (c) practising answers aloud (d) noting questions to ask
- 35.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) checking the route (b) preparing documents (c) losing the call letter (d) reading about the place
- 36.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: “sleeping well” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 38.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) only on your phone (b) two or three (c) none (d) exactly fifty
- 39.🧁 Before an interview at a bakery, what should you find out? (a) the owner’s address (b) what it makes and sells (c) its rivals’ secrets (d) nothing at all
- 40.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: staying up all night? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
Answer key
- not reading your résumé
- poor preparation
- True
- shows your work
- in one neat folder
- knowing your résumé
- sleeping well
- practising answers aloud
- staying up all night
- checking the route
- its website, prospectus
- poor preparation
- Class 12 marksheet
- poor preparation
- the call letter
- True
- guessing the time
- activity certificates
- True
- False
- good preparation
- preparing documents
- not knowing the address
- good preparation
- confirms your slot
- confirms your slot
- True
- a day or more before
- poor preparation
- a practice interview
- proves your marks
- good preparation
- poor preparation
- not reading your résumé
- losing the call letter
- False
- True
- two or three
- what it makes and sells
- poor preparation
Free interview skills lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/interview-skills-for-students