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