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.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) in your pocket (b) in one neat folder (c) loose in your bag (d) at home
- 2.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) preparing documents (b) knowing your résumé (c) staying up all night (d) reading about the place
- 3.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: knowing your résumé? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no copies of marksheets (b) not reading your résumé (c) leaving it to the day (d) preparing documents
- 5.🔎 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
- 6.Which of these proves your marks? (a) the call letter (b) a college transcript (c) the invitation email (d) a school ID card
- 7.True or false: “leaving it to the day” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 8.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) the call letter (b) a school ID card (c) Class 12 marksheet (d) a portfolio
- 9.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) knowing your résumé (b) not reading your résumé (c) not knowing the address (d) losing the call letter
- 10.True or false: “leaving it to the day” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: “zero research” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 12.True or false: “reading about the place” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 14.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) practising answers aloud (b) not reading your résumé (c) reading about the place (d) knowing your résumé
- 15.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: activity certificates? (a) shows your work (b) confirms your slot (c) proves who you are (d) proves your marks
- 16.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) exactly fifty (b) none (c) only on your phone (d) two or three
- 17.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not knowing the address? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 18.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the invitation email? (a) confirms your slot (b) shows your work (c) proves who you are (d) proves your marks
- 19.Which of these proves who you are? (a) a passport copy (b) a portfolio (c) the slot confirmation (d) the invitation email
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) zero research (b) guessing the time (c) sleeping well (d) losing the call letter
- 21.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: noting questions to ask? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 22.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the call letter? (a) shows your work (b) proves who you are (c) proves your marks (d) confirms your slot
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not reading your résumé (b) reading about the place (c) not knowing the address (d) zero research
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping well (b) noting questions to ask (c) checking the route (d) leaving it to the day
- 25.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the slot confirmation? (a) proves your marks (b) confirms your slot (c) shows your work (d) proves who you are
- 26.🌙 The night before an interview, it is best to… (a) play games late (b) sleep on time (c) stay up all night (d) start preparing
- 27.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) a mock interview (b) not reading your résumé (c) not knowing the address (d) losing the call letter
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) losing the call letter (b) sleeping well (c) noting questions to ask (d) knowing your résumé
- 29.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a portfolio? (a) confirms your slot (b) proves who you are (c) shows your work (d) proves your marks
- 30.True or false: “knowing your résumé” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 31.Which of these proves your marks? (a) Class 10 marksheet (b) the slot confirmation (c) the invitation email (d) a passport copy
- 32.🎭 What is a mock interview? (a) a practice interview (b) a fake job offer (c) a written test (d) a joke interview
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it to the day (b) guessing the time (c) knowing your résumé (d) staying up all night
- 34.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: a mock interview? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 35.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: preparing documents? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 36.True or false: “checking the route” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) zero research (b) a mock interview (c) leaving it to the day (d) no copies of marksheets
- 38.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not reading your résumé? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 39.True or false: “sleeping well” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🧁 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
Answer key
- in one neat folder
- staying up all night
- good preparation
- preparing documents
- its website, prospectus
- a college transcript
- True
- the call letter
- knowing your résumé
- False
- True
- True
- good preparation
- not reading your résumé
- shows your work
- two or three
- poor preparation
- confirms your slot
- a passport copy
- sleeping well
- good preparation
- confirms your slot
- reading about the place
- leaving it to the day
- confirms your slot
- sleep on time
- a mock interview
- losing the call letter
- shows your work
- False
- Class 10 marksheet
- a practice interview
- knowing your résumé
- good preparation
- good preparation
- False
- a mock interview
- poor preparation
- True
- what it makes and sells
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