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