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 is the odd one out? (a) preparing documents (b) losing the call letter (c) no copies of marksheets (d) staying up all night
- 2.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) no copies of marksheets (b) guessing the time (c) losing the call letter (d) preparing documents
- 3.True or false: “leaving it to the day” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 4.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) Class 12 marksheet (b) a college transcript (c) the call letter (d) a school ID card
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) losing the call letter (b) noting questions to ask (c) zero research (d) guessing the time
- 6.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: staying up all night? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 7.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) two or three (b) exactly fifty (c) none (d) only on your phone
- 8.Which of these shows your work? (a) the invitation email (b) an Aadhaar card copy (c) a school ID card (d) a portfolio
- 9.Which of these proves your marks? (a) a school ID card (b) a passport copy (c) an Aadhaar card copy (d) Class 12 marksheet
- 10.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a passport copy? (a) confirms your slot (b) shows your work (c) proves your marks (d) proves who you are
- 11.🌙 The night before an interview, it is best to… (a) sleep on time (b) stay up all night (c) play games late (d) start preparing
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) zero research (b) sleeping well (c) reading about the place (d) knowing your résumé
- 13.True or false: “not reading your résumé” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 14.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) not reading your résumé (b) a mock interview (c) leaving it to the day (d) staying up all night
- 15.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) guessing (b) rumours from friends (c) its website, prospectus (d) nothing at all
- 16.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) no copies of marksheets (b) noting questions to ask (c) knowing your résumé (d) checking the route
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) preparing documents (b) checking the route (c) practising answers aloud (d) no copies of marksheets
- 18.Which of these shows your work? (a) activity certificates (b) the invitation email (c) the slot confirmation (d) an Aadhaar card copy
- 19.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) no copies of marksheets (b) losing the call letter (c) practising answers aloud (d) zero research
- 20.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) sleeping well (b) reading about the place (c) a mock interview (d) guessing the time
- 21.True or false: “leaving it to the day” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 22.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the slot confirmation? (a) proves who you are (b) proves your marks (c) confirms your slot (d) shows your work
- 23.🗺️ When should you check the route to the venue? (a) on the way there (b) a day or more before (c) after you are late (d) never
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not reading your résumé (b) a mock interview (c) guessing the time (d) not knowing the address
- 25.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) noting questions to ask (b) zero research (c) preparing documents (d) a mock interview
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting questions to ask (b) sleeping well (c) not reading your résumé (d) reading about the place
- 27.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not reading your résumé? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 28.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) no copies of marksheets (b) not knowing the address (c) knowing your résumé (d) not reading your résumé
- 29.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) leaving it to the day (b) guessing the time (c) staying up all night (d) reading about the place
- 30.True or false: “not reading your résumé” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: preparing documents? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 32.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a school ID card? (a) shows your work (b) proves your marks (c) confirms your slot (d) proves who you are
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading about the place (b) noting questions to ask (c) staying up all night (d) knowing your résumé
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it to the day (b) a mock interview (c) noting questions to ask (d) preparing documents
- 35.🧁 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
- 36.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing the time (b) checking the route (c) reading about the place (d) knowing your résumé
- 38.True or false: “checking the route” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 39.Which of these proves who you are? (a) an Aadhaar card copy (b) the invitation email (c) activity certificates (d) the call letter
- 40.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) Class 10 marksheet (b) a college transcript (c) an Aadhaar card copy (d) the invitation email
Answer key
- preparing documents
- preparing documents
- True
- the call letter
- noting questions to ask
- poor preparation
- two or three
- a portfolio
- Class 12 marksheet
- proves who you are
- sleep on time
- zero research
- False
- a mock interview
- its website, prospectus
- no copies of marksheets
- no copies of marksheets
- activity certificates
- practising answers aloud
- guessing the time
- False
- confirms your slot
- a day or more before
- a mock interview
- zero research
- not reading your résumé
- poor preparation
- knowing your résumé
- reading about the place
- True
- good preparation
- proves who you are
- staying up all night
- leaving it to the day
- what it makes and sells
- good preparation
- guessing the time
- True
- an Aadhaar card copy
- the invitation email
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