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