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) practising answers aloud (b) not reading your résumé (c) leaving it to the day (d) guessing the time
- 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.True or false: “losing the call letter” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 4.True or false: “sleeping well” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 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.🔎 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.🌙 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.Which of these shows your work? (a) a school ID card (b) a project file (c) Class 12 marksheet (d) a passport copy
- 9.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: knowing your résumé? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 10.Which of these proves your marks? (a) a college transcript (b) a school ID card (c) a portfolio (d) a project file
- 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 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.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 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.📁 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.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) not reading your résumé (b) sleeping well (c) knowing your résumé (d) preparing documents
- 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.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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting questions to ask (b) zero research (c) knowing your résumé (d) sleeping well
- 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.📁 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.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: preparing documents? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the route (b) a mock interview (c) preparing documents (d) not reading your résumé
- 27.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: noting questions to ask? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 28.Which of these shows your work? (a) an Aadhaar card copy (b) activity certificates (c) the slot confirmation (d) the call letter
- 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.True or false: “preparing documents” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 31.True or false: “a mock interview” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping well (b) practising answers aloud (c) guessing the time (d) noting questions to ask
- 33.True or false: “no copies of marksheets” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) preparing documents (b) a mock interview (c) sleeping well (d) no copies of marksheets
- 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.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.True or false: “reading about the place” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: guessing the time? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 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
- practising answers aloud
- in one neat folder
- False
- False
- confirms your slot
- its website, prospectus
- sleep on time
- a project file
- good preparation
- a college transcript
- losing the call letter
- good preparation
- confirms your slot
- True
- two or three
- shows your work
- not reading your résumé
- shows your work
- a mock interview
- zero research
- no copies of marksheets
- shows your work
- False
- proves who you are
- good preparation
- not reading your résumé
- good preparation
- activity certificates
- preparing documents
- True
- True
- guessing the time
- True
- no copies of marksheets
- knowing your résumé
- leaving it to the day
- True
- knowing your résumé
- poor preparation
- a day or more before
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