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) noting questions to ask (b) checking the route (c) not knowing the address (d) practising answers aloud
- 2.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) loose in your bag (b) in your pocket (c) at home (d) in one neat folder
- 3.True or false: “leaving it to the day” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 4.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 5.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a portfolio? (a) proves who you are (b) proves your marks (c) shows your work (d) confirms your slot
- 6.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the invitation email? (a) shows your work (b) proves who you are (c) confirms your slot (d) proves your marks
- 7.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: an Aadhaar card copy? (a) proves who you are (b) confirms your slot (c) shows your work (d) proves your marks
- 8.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not reading your résumé? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no copies of marksheets (b) not reading your résumé (c) staying up all night (d) noting questions to ask
- 10.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: Class 10 marksheet? (a) shows your work (b) proves who you are (c) confirms your slot (d) proves your marks
- 11.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) nothing at all (b) guessing (c) its website, prospectus (d) rumours from friends
- 12.Which of these shows your work? (a) an Aadhaar card copy (b) a school ID card (c) a portfolio (d) the call letter
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing the time (b) knowing your résumé (c) not knowing the address (d) leaving it to the day
- 14.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) losing the call letter (b) knowing your résumé (c) guessing the time (d) staying up all night
- 15.Which of these shows your work? (a) Class 10 marksheet (b) a project file (c) a college transcript (d) an Aadhaar card copy
- 16.📁 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
- 17.🌙 The night before an interview, it is best to… (a) stay up all night (b) sleep on time (c) start preparing (d) play games late
- 18.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: zero research? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the route (b) reading about the place (c) zero research (d) practising answers aloud
- 20.True or false: “zero research” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing the time (b) losing the call letter (c) not knowing the address (d) preparing documents
- 22.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) a portfolio (b) a passport copy (c) a school ID card (d) the slot confirmation
- 23.Which of these proves who you are? (a) Class 12 marksheet (b) a project file (c) activity certificates (d) an Aadhaar card copy
- 24.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a project file? (a) proves who you are (b) confirms your slot (c) shows your work (d) proves your marks
- 25.🧁 Before an interview at a bakery, what should you find out? (a) the owner’s address (b) its rivals’ secrets (c) what it makes and sells (d) nothing at all
- 26.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) noting questions to ask (b) practising answers aloud (c) knowing your résumé (d) zero research
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not knowing the address (b) no copies of marksheets (c) zero research (d) checking the route
- 28.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: staying up all night? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 29.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising answers aloud (b) leaving it to the day (c) preparing documents (d) reading about the place
- 31.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) a college transcript (b) a portfolio (c) the invitation email (d) an Aadhaar card copy
- 32.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) practising answers aloud (b) knowing your résumé (c) a mock interview (d) guessing the time
- 33.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: Class 12 marksheet? (a) proves who you are (b) confirms your slot (c) shows your work (d) proves your marks
- 34.True or false: “zero research” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 36.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) no copies of marksheets (b) not reading your résumé (c) sleeping well (d) guessing the time
- 37.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) practising answers aloud (b) sleeping well (c) staying up all night (d) knowing your résumé
- 38.🗺️ When should you check the route to the venue? (a) a day or more before (b) never (c) after you are late (d) on the way there
- 39.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not knowing the address? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 40.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) no copies of marksheets (b) a mock interview (c) guessing the time (d) zero research
Answer key
- not knowing the address
- in one neat folder
- True
- True
- shows your work
- confirms your slot
- proves who you are
- poor preparation
- noting questions to ask
- proves your marks
- its website, prospectus
- a portfolio
- knowing your résumé
- knowing your résumé
- a project file
- proves who you are
- sleep on time
- poor preparation
- zero research
- True
- preparing documents
- the slot confirmation
- an Aadhaar card copy
- shows your work
- what it makes and sells
- zero research
- checking the route
- poor preparation
- True
- leaving it to the day
- the invitation email
- guessing the time
- proves your marks
- False
- good preparation
- sleeping well
- staying up all night
- a day or more before
- poor preparation
- a mock interview
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