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