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Interview Skills Worksheet: Preparing for an Interview

Interview skills lesson 10: Preparing for an interview · Set 367 · 40 questions
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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. 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. 2.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: losing the call letter? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  3. 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. 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. 5.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  6. 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. 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. 8.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: leaving it to the day? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  9. 9.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not knowing the address? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  10. 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. 11.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: knowing your résumé? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  12. 12.True or false: “zero research” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  13. 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. 14.Which of these shows your work? (a) the call letter (b) a college transcript (c) a school ID card (d) a portfolio
  15. 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. 16.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) the slot confirmation (b) activity certificates (c) a portfolio (d) Class 12 marksheet
  17. 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. 18.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: practising answers aloud? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  19. 19.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: staying up all night? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  20. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 25.True or false: “not reading your résumé” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing the time (b) not knowing the address (c) zero research (d) checking the route
  27. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 32.True or false: “zero research” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  33. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 40.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: guessing the time? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation

Answer key

  1. a mock interview
  2. poor preparation
  3. in one neat folder
  4. confirms your slot
  5. good preparation
  6. leaving it to the day
  7. no copies of marksheets
  8. poor preparation
  9. poor preparation
  10. zero research
  11. good preparation
  12. True
  13. two or three
  14. a portfolio
  15. sleep on time
  16. the slot confirmation
  17. a project file
  18. good preparation
  19. poor preparation
  20. preparing documents
  21. noting questions to ask
  22. losing the call letter
  23. confirms your slot
  24. not knowing the address
  25. False
  26. checking the route
  27. Class 10 marksheet
  28. an Aadhaar card copy
  29. what it makes and sells
  30. a passport copy
  31. its website, prospectus
  32. False
  33. not reading your résumé
  34. not knowing the address
  35. no copies of marksheets
  36. the invitation email
  37. losing the call letter
  38. reading about the place
  39. staying up all night
  40. poor preparation

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