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