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