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Interview Skills Worksheet: Preparing for an Interview

Interview skills lesson 10: Preparing for an interview · Set 337 · 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.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) exactly fifty (b) two or three (c) only on your phone (d) none
  2. 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. 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. 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. 5.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: losing the call letter? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  6. 6.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: zero research? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  7. 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. 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. 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. 10.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: checking the route? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  11. 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. 12.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) guessing the time (b) preparing documents (c) sleeping well (d) practising answers aloud
  13. 13.True or false: “losing the call letter” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  14. 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. 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. 16.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not knowing the address? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  17. 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. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the route (b) sleeping well (c) zero research (d) a mock interview
  19. 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. 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. 21.True or false: “losing the call letter” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping well (b) a mock interview (c) checking the route (d) staying up all night
  23. 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. 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. 25.True or false: “zero research” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  26. 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. 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. 28.True or false: “staying up all night” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  30. 30.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: practising answers aloud? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  31. 31.True or false: “reading about the place” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  32. 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. 33.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: no copies of marksheets? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  34. 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. 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. 36.True or false: “a mock interview” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “not knowing the address” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  38. 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. 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. 40.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: preparing documents? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation

Answer key

  1. two or three
  2. preparing documents
  3. losing the call letter
  4. reading about the place
  5. poor preparation
  6. poor preparation
  7. sleep on time
  8. what it makes and sells
  9. shows your work
  10. good preparation
  11. a mock interview
  12. guessing the time
  13. True
  14. proves who you are
  15. leaving it to the day
  16. poor preparation
  17. shows your work
  18. zero research
  19. knowing your résumé
  20. sleeping well
  21. False
  22. staying up all night
  23. proves your marks
  24. its website, prospectus
  25. False
  26. no copies of marksheets
  27. practising answers aloud
  28. True
  29. good preparation
  30. good preparation
  31. False
  32. proves who you are
  33. poor preparation
  34. not reading your résumé
  35. reading about the place
  36. False
  37. True
  38. leaving it to the day
  39. not reading your résumé
  40. good preparation

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