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 confirms your interview slot? (a) a school ID card (b) a college transcript (c) activity certificates (d) the invitation email
- 2.True or false: “checking the route” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) losing the call letter (b) knowing your résumé (c) sleeping well (d) noting questions to ask
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying up all night (b) not knowing the address (c) sleeping well (d) zero research
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading about the place (b) sleeping well (c) a mock interview (d) staying up all night
- 6.🧁 Before an interview at a bakery, what should you find out? (a) its rivals’ secrets (b) the owner’s address (c) what it makes and sells (d) nothing at all
- 7.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) noting questions to ask (b) not knowing the address (c) no copies of marksheets (d) losing the call letter
- 8.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: Class 10 marksheet? (a) confirms your slot (b) shows your work (c) proves your marks (d) proves who you are
- 9.🌙 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
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not knowing the address (b) checking the route (c) preparing documents (d) knowing your résumé
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising answers aloud (b) leaving it to the day (c) preparing documents (d) a mock interview
- 12.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) noting questions to ask (b) reading about the place (c) knowing your résumé (d) no copies of marksheets
- 13.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) rumours from friends (b) its website, prospectus (c) nothing at all (d) guessing
- 14.True or false: “a mock interview” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 15.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: an Aadhaar card copy? (a) proves who you are (b) shows your work (c) proves your marks (d) confirms your slot
- 16.Which of these shows your work? (a) activity certificates (b) an Aadhaar card copy (c) a passport copy (d) the slot confirmation
- 17.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 18.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: preparing documents? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 19.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: guessing the time? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) zero research (b) not knowing the address (c) not reading your résumé (d) checking the route
- 21.True or false: “preparing documents” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 22.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) checking the route (b) knowing your résumé (c) not reading your résumé (d) noting questions to ask
- 23.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) losing the call letter (b) not knowing the address (c) staying up all night (d) a mock interview
- 24.True or false: “knowing your résumé” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 25.Which of these proves your marks? (a) the call letter (b) an Aadhaar card copy (c) a school ID card (d) a college transcript
- 26.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 27.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) leaving it to the day (b) not reading your résumé (c) reading about the place (d) zero research
- 28.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) practising answers aloud (b) zero research (c) leaving it to the day (d) not reading your résumé
- 29.True or false: “staying up all night” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 30.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) practising answers aloud (b) a mock interview (c) staying up all night (d) knowing your résumé
- 31.True or false: “losing the call letter” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: zero research? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 33.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a passport copy? (a) proves your marks (b) shows your work (c) proves who you are (d) confirms your slot
- 34.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: practising answers aloud? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 35.Which of these proves your marks? (a) the slot confirmation (b) Class 12 marksheet (c) activity certificates (d) a school ID card
- 36.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) practising answers aloud (b) checking the route (c) reading about the place (d) not knowing the address
- 37.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) knowing your résumé (b) guessing the time (c) staying up all night (d) not knowing the address
- 38.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the invitation email? (a) proves your marks (b) proves who you are (c) shows your work (d) confirms your slot
- 39.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: checking the route? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no copies of marksheets (b) practising answers aloud (c) losing the call letter (d) staying up all night
Answer key
- the invitation email
- False
- losing the call letter
- sleeping well
- staying up all night
- what it makes and sells
- noting questions to ask
- proves your marks
- sleep on time
- not knowing the address
- leaving it to the day
- no copies of marksheets
- its website, prospectus
- True
- proves who you are
- activity certificates
- good preparation
- good preparation
- poor preparation
- checking the route
- False
- not reading your résumé
- a mock interview
- False
- a college transcript
- True
- reading about the place
- practising answers aloud
- True
- staying up all night
- True
- poor preparation
- proves who you are
- good preparation
- Class 12 marksheet
- not knowing the address
- knowing your résumé
- confirms your slot
- good preparation
- practising answers aloud
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