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