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Interview Skills Worksheet: Preparing for an Interview

Interview skills lesson 10: Preparing for an interview · Set 320 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) practising answers aloud (b) not reading your résumé (c) leaving it to the day (d) guessing the time
  2. 2.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) in one neat folder (b) at home (c) in your pocket (d) loose in your bag
  3. 3.True or false: “losing the call letter” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: “sleeping well” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the call letter? (a) shows your work (b) proves your marks (c) confirms your slot (d) proves who you are
  6. 6.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) guessing (b) its website, prospectus (c) nothing at all (d) rumours from friends
  7. 7.🌙 The night before an interview, it is best to… (a) sleep on time (b) start preparing (c) stay up all night (d) play games late
  8. 8.Which of these shows your work? (a) a school ID card (b) a project file (c) Class 12 marksheet (d) a passport copy
  9. 9.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: knowing your résumé? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  10. 10.Which of these proves your marks? (a) a college transcript (b) a school ID card (c) a portfolio (d) a project file
  11. 11.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) noting questions to ask (b) a mock interview (c) checking the route (d) losing the call letter
  12. 12.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  13. 13.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the slot confirmation? (a) shows your work (b) proves your marks (c) proves who you are (d) confirms your slot
  14. 14.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) none (b) only on your phone (c) two or three (d) exactly fifty
  16. 16.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a project file? (a) shows your work (b) proves who you are (c) confirms your slot (d) proves your marks
  17. 17.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) not reading your résumé (b) sleeping well (c) knowing your résumé (d) preparing documents
  18. 18.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a portfolio? (a) proves your marks (b) shows your work (c) proves who you are (d) confirms your slot
  19. 19.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) leaving it to the day (b) a mock interview (c) zero research (d) staying up all night
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting questions to ask (b) zero research (c) knowing your résumé (d) sleeping well
  21. 21.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) sleeping well (b) no copies of marksheets (c) noting questions to ask (d) a mock interview
  22. 22.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: activity certificates? (a) proves your marks (b) confirms your slot (c) shows your work (d) proves who you are
  23. 23.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: an Aadhaar card copy? (a) proves your marks (b) confirms your slot (c) shows your work (d) proves who you are
  25. 25.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: preparing documents? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the route (b) a mock interview (c) preparing documents (d) not reading your résumé
  27. 27.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: noting questions to ask? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  28. 28.Which of these shows your work? (a) an Aadhaar card copy (b) activity certificates (c) the slot confirmation (d) the call letter
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not reading your résumé (b) guessing the time (c) preparing documents (d) losing the call letter
  30. 30.True or false: “preparing documents” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “a mock interview” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping well (b) practising answers aloud (c) guessing the time (d) noting questions to ask
  33. 33.True or false: “no copies of marksheets” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) preparing documents (b) a mock interview (c) sleeping well (d) no copies of marksheets
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no copies of marksheets (b) losing the call letter (c) guessing the time (d) knowing your résumé
  36. 36.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) practising answers aloud (b) a mock interview (c) knowing your résumé (d) leaving it to the day
  37. 37.True or false: “reading about the place” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) leaving it to the day (b) knowing your résumé (c) not reading your résumé (d) not knowing the address
  39. 39.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: guessing the time? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  40. 40.🗺️ 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

Answer key

  1. practising answers aloud
  2. in one neat folder
  3. False
  4. False
  5. confirms your slot
  6. its website, prospectus
  7. sleep on time
  8. a project file
  9. good preparation
  10. a college transcript
  11. losing the call letter
  12. good preparation
  13. confirms your slot
  14. True
  15. two or three
  16. shows your work
  17. not reading your résumé
  18. shows your work
  19. a mock interview
  20. zero research
  21. no copies of marksheets
  22. shows your work
  23. False
  24. proves who you are
  25. good preparation
  26. not reading your résumé
  27. good preparation
  28. activity certificates
  29. preparing documents
  30. True
  31. True
  32. guessing the time
  33. True
  34. no copies of marksheets
  35. knowing your résumé
  36. leaving it to the day
  37. True
  38. knowing your résumé
  39. poor preparation
  40. a day or more before

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