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Interview Skills Worksheet: Preparing for an Interview

Interview skills lesson 10: Preparing for an interview · Set 373 · 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: losing the call letter? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting questions to ask (b) reading about the place (c) not reading your résumé (d) sleeping well
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not knowing the address (b) zero research (c) sleeping well (d) no copies of marksheets
  4. 4.True or false: “preparing documents” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) noting questions to ask (b) sleeping well (c) practising answers aloud (d) guessing the time
  6. 6.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) the invitation email (b) Class 10 marksheet (c) activity certificates (d) an Aadhaar card copy
  7. 7.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) zero research (b) not knowing the address (c) practising answers aloud (d) staying up all night
  8. 8.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: checking the route? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  9. 9.Which of these shows your work? (a) a college transcript (b) Class 12 marksheet (c) Class 10 marksheet (d) a portfolio
  10. 10.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) sleeping well (b) a mock interview (c) preparing documents (d) not knowing the address
  11. 11.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) zero research (b) losing the call letter (c) checking the route (d) leaving it to the day
  12. 12.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a college transcript? (a) proves your marks (b) confirms your slot (c) shows your work (d) proves who you are
  13. 13.True or false: “reading about the place” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧁 Before an interview at a bakery, what should you find out? (a) nothing at all (b) its rivals’ secrets (c) the owner’s address (d) what it makes and sells
  16. 16.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: zero research? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  17. 17.Which of these shows your work? (a) a passport copy (b) a school ID card (c) activity certificates (d) the invitation email
  18. 18.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: sleeping well? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  19. 19.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) guessing (b) its website, prospectus (c) nothing at all (d) rumours from friends
  20. 20.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: guessing the time? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  21. 21.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) checking the route (b) zero research (c) a mock interview (d) practising answers aloud
  22. 22.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: a mock interview? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  23. 23.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: noting questions to ask? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  24. 24.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) not reading your résumé (b) leaving it to the day (c) zero research (d) preparing documents
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) zero research (b) knowing your résumé (c) noting questions to ask (d) a mock interview
  26. 26.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  27. 27.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) the slot confirmation (b) a project file (c) a passport copy (d) Class 10 marksheet
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) preparing documents (b) practising answers aloud (c) checking the route (d) guessing the time
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not knowing the address (b) guessing the time (c) reading about the place (d) leaving it to the day
  30. 30.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) Class 10 marksheet (b) a passport copy (c) Class 12 marksheet (d) the call letter
  31. 31.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) in your pocket (b) loose in your bag (c) at home (d) in one neat folder
  32. 32.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) reading about the place (b) losing the call letter (c) not knowing the address (d) staying up all night
  33. 33.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) exactly fifty (b) only on your phone (c) two or three (d) none
  34. 34.True or false: “staying up all night” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no copies of marksheets (b) not knowing the address (c) guessing the time (d) preparing documents
  36. 36.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: knowing your résumé? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  37. 37.True or false: “zero research” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not reading your résumé (b) knowing your résumé (c) not knowing the address (d) leaving it to the day
  39. 39.Which of these proves who you are? (a) the call letter (b) an Aadhaar card copy (c) a portfolio (d) a project file
  40. 40.🌙 The night before an interview, it is best to… (a) stay up all night (b) sleep on time (c) play games late (d) start preparing

Answer key

  1. poor preparation
  2. not reading your résumé
  3. sleeping well
  4. True
  5. guessing the time
  6. the invitation email
  7. practising answers aloud
  8. good preparation
  9. a portfolio
  10. not knowing the address
  11. checking the route
  12. proves your marks
  13. True
  14. False
  15. what it makes and sells
  16. poor preparation
  17. activity certificates
  18. good preparation
  19. its website, prospectus
  20. poor preparation
  21. zero research
  22. good preparation
  23. good preparation
  24. preparing documents
  25. zero research
  26. good preparation
  27. the slot confirmation
  28. guessing the time
  29. reading about the place
  30. the call letter
  31. in one neat folder
  32. reading about the place
  33. two or three
  34. False
  35. preparing documents
  36. good preparation
  37. True
  38. knowing your résumé
  39. an Aadhaar card copy
  40. sleep on time

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