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