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Interview Skills Worksheet: Preparing for an Interview

Interview skills lesson 10: Preparing for an interview · Set 393 · 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.Which of these shows your work? (a) a college transcript (b) Class 10 marksheet (c) the invitation email (d) a project file
  2. 2.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: no copies of marksheets? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading about the place (b) preparing documents (c) zero research (d) checking the route
  4. 4.True or false: “not reading your résumé” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the slot confirmation? (a) proves who you are (b) proves your marks (c) confirms your slot (d) shows your work
  6. 6.🎭 What is a mock interview? (a) a practice interview (b) a fake job offer (c) a joke interview (d) a written test
  7. 7.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) reading about the place (b) not reading your résumé (c) checking the route (d) preparing documents
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) knowing your résumé (b) no copies of marksheets (c) not reading your résumé (d) staying up all night
  9. 9.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: staying up all night? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  10. 10.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) a mock interview (b) preparing documents (c) knowing your résumé (d) leaving it to the day
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising answers aloud (b) checking the route (c) no copies of marksheets (d) sleeping well
  12. 12.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) its website, prospectus (b) rumours from friends (c) nothing at all (d) guessing
  13. 13.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: zero research? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  14. 14.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a school ID card? (a) shows your work (b) proves who you are (c) proves your marks (d) confirms your slot
  15. 15.Which of these proves your marks? (a) an Aadhaar card copy (b) activity certificates (c) a project file (d) a college transcript
  16. 16.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) not knowing the address (b) no copies of marksheets (c) leaving it to the day (d) noting questions to ask
  17. 17.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: an Aadhaar card copy? (a) confirms your slot (b) proves who you are (c) shows your work (d) proves your marks
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping well (b) noting questions to ask (c) practising answers aloud (d) losing the call letter
  19. 19.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) a passport copy (b) the invitation email (c) a college transcript (d) a school ID card
  20. 20.True or false: “staying up all night” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these proves who you are? (a) the call letter (b) a college transcript (c) Class 10 marksheet (d) an Aadhaar card copy
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying up all night (b) not reading your résumé (c) guessing the time (d) sleeping well
  23. 23.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not reading your résumé? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  24. 24.True or false: “preparing documents” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🗺️ When should you check the route to the venue? (a) never (b) a day or more before (c) after you are late (d) on the way there
  26. 26.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a passport copy? (a) proves your marks (b) confirms your slot (c) shows your work (d) proves who you are
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no copies of marksheets (b) not knowing the address (c) guessing the time (d) preparing documents
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying up all night (b) reading about the place (c) guessing the time (d) zero research
  29. 29.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) leaving it to the day (b) no copies of marksheets (c) preparing documents (d) staying up all night
  30. 30.Which of these shows your work? (a) the slot confirmation (b) a passport copy (c) an Aadhaar card copy (d) activity certificates
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not knowing the address (b) leaving it to the day (c) practising answers aloud (d) staying up all night
  32. 32.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not knowing the address? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  35. 35.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) knowing your résumé (b) not knowing the address (c) losing the call letter (d) staying up all night
  36. 36.True or false: “guessing the time” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  38. 38.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) exactly fifty (b) none (c) two or three (d) only on your phone
  39. 39.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a portfolio? (a) confirms your slot (b) proves your marks (c) proves who you are (d) shows your work
  40. 40.Which of these shows your work? (a) a portfolio (b) a passport copy (c) a school ID card (d) Class 12 marksheet

Answer key

  1. a project file
  2. poor preparation
  3. zero research
  4. False
  5. confirms your slot
  6. a practice interview
  7. not reading your résumé
  8. knowing your résumé
  9. poor preparation
  10. leaving it to the day
  11. no copies of marksheets
  12. its website, prospectus
  13. poor preparation
  14. proves who you are
  15. a college transcript
  16. noting questions to ask
  17. proves who you are
  18. losing the call letter
  19. the invitation email
  20. True
  21. an Aadhaar card copy
  22. sleeping well
  23. poor preparation
  24. True
  25. a day or more before
  26. proves who you are
  27. preparing documents
  28. reading about the place
  29. preparing documents
  30. activity certificates
  31. practising answers aloud
  32. False
  33. True
  34. poor preparation
  35. knowing your résumé
  36. False
  37. good preparation
  38. two or three
  39. shows your work
  40. a portfolio

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