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.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) nothing at all (b) rumours from friends (c) its website, prospectus (d) guessing
- 2.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) reading about the place (b) practising answers aloud (c) preparing documents (d) not reading your résumé
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) preparing documents (b) a mock interview (c) noting questions to ask (d) not reading your résumé
- 4.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) reading about the place (b) practising answers aloud (c) sleeping well (d) guessing the time
- 5.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 6.Which of these proves your marks? (a) a college transcript (b) a school ID card (c) the invitation email (d) a passport copy
- 7.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) noting questions to ask (b) checking the route (c) not knowing the address (d) preparing documents
- 8.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: leaving it to the day? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 9.Which of these proves your marks? (a) a school ID card (b) the invitation email (c) Class 10 marksheet (d) a passport copy
- 10.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: preparing documents? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) preparing documents (b) zero research (c) leaving it to the day (d) no copies of marksheets
- 12.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) a college transcript (b) the slot confirmation (c) Class 10 marksheet (d) a portfolio
- 13.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) at home (b) in one neat folder (c) loose in your bag (d) in your pocket
- 14.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) checking the route (b) no copies of marksheets (c) not knowing the address (d) guessing the time
- 15.True or false: “not knowing the address” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: “checking the route” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) preparing documents (b) knowing your résumé (c) staying up all night (d) a mock interview
- 18.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) checking the route (b) a mock interview (c) leaving it to the day (d) reading about the place
- 19.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) noting questions to ask (b) reading about the place (c) practising answers aloud (d) no copies of marksheets
- 20.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not knowing the address? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 21.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the call letter? (a) proves who you are (b) proves your marks (c) shows your work (d) confirms your slot
- 22.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: sleeping well? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 23.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: checking the route? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 24.True or false: “losing the call letter” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 25.Which of these proves who you are? (a) activity certificates (b) a school ID card (c) a portfolio (d) Class 10 marksheet
- 26.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) losing the call letter (b) sleeping well (c) staying up all night (d) guessing the time
- 27.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) staying up all night (b) losing the call letter (c) zero research (d) a mock interview
- 28.True or false: “zero research” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) preparing documents (b) losing the call letter (c) knowing your résumé (d) a mock interview
- 30.Which of these shows your work? (a) a school ID card (b) the invitation email (c) Class 12 marksheet (d) activity certificates
- 31.🌙 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
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) zero research (b) guessing the time (c) not reading your résumé (d) practising answers aloud
- 33.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: a mock interview? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 34.True or false: “a mock interview” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 35.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a passport copy? (a) shows your work (b) proves your marks (c) proves who you are (d) confirms your slot
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not knowing the address (b) practising answers aloud (c) preparing documents (d) reading about the place
- 37.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: knowing your résumé? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 38.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: noting questions to ask? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 39.True or false: “sleeping well” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: practising answers aloud? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
Answer key
- its website, prospectus
- not reading your résumé
- not reading your résumé
- guessing the time
- False
- a college transcript
- not knowing the address
- poor preparation
- Class 10 marksheet
- good preparation
- preparing documents
- the slot confirmation
- in one neat folder
- checking the route
- True
- True
- staying up all night
- leaving it to the day
- no copies of marksheets
- poor preparation
- confirms your slot
- good preparation
- good preparation
- False
- a school ID card
- sleeping well
- a mock interview
- False
- losing the call letter
- activity certificates
- sleep on time
- practising answers aloud
- good preparation
- True
- proves who you are
- not knowing the address
- good preparation
- good preparation
- False
- good preparation
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