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