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Interview Skills Worksheet: Preparing for an Interview

Interview skills lesson 10: Preparing for an interview · Set 389 · 40 questions
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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. 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. 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. 3.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: knowing your résumé? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  4. 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. 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. 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. 7.True or false: “leaving it to the day” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  8. 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. 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. 10.True or false: “leaving it to the day” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “zero research” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: “reading about the place” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  14. 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. 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. 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. 17.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not knowing the address? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  18. 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. 19.Which of these proves who you are? (a) a passport copy (b) a portfolio (c) the slot confirmation (d) the invitation email
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) zero research (b) guessing the time (c) sleeping well (d) losing the call letter
  21. 21.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: noting questions to ask? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  22. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 30.True or false: “knowing your résumé” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these proves your marks? (a) Class 10 marksheet (b) the slot confirmation (c) the invitation email (d) a passport copy
  32. 32.🎭 What is a mock interview? (a) a practice interview (b) a fake job offer (c) a written test (d) a joke interview
  33. 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. 34.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: a mock interview? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  35. 35.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: preparing documents? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  36. 36.True or false: “checking the route” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  37. 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. 38.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not reading your résumé? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  39. 39.True or false: “sleeping well” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  40. 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

  1. in one neat folder
  2. staying up all night
  3. good preparation
  4. preparing documents
  5. its website, prospectus
  6. a college transcript
  7. True
  8. the call letter
  9. knowing your résumé
  10. False
  11. True
  12. True
  13. good preparation
  14. not reading your résumé
  15. shows your work
  16. two or three
  17. poor preparation
  18. confirms your slot
  19. a passport copy
  20. sleeping well
  21. good preparation
  22. confirms your slot
  23. reading about the place
  24. leaving it to the day
  25. confirms your slot
  26. sleep on time
  27. a mock interview
  28. losing the call letter
  29. shows your work
  30. False
  31. Class 10 marksheet
  32. a practice interview
  33. knowing your résumé
  34. good preparation
  35. good preparation
  36. False
  37. a mock interview
  38. poor preparation
  39. True
  40. what it makes and sells

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