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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: losing the call letter? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 3.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: guessing the time? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 4.🎭 What is a mock interview? (a) a joke interview (b) a practice interview (c) a fake job offer (d) a written test
- 5.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: checking the route? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 6.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a school ID card? (a) proves who you are (b) confirms your slot (c) shows your work (d) proves your marks
- 7.Which of these shows your work? (a) the slot confirmation (b) a school ID card (c) the call letter (d) activity certificates
- 8.True or false: “knowing your résumé” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 9.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a college transcript? (a) proves your marks (b) confirms your slot (c) shows your work (d) proves who you are
- 10.True or false: “a mock interview” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 11.True or false: “not knowing the address” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🌙 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
- 13.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: leaving it to the day? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 14.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: practising answers aloud? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 15.True or false: “reading about the place” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: a mock interview? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading about the place (b) checking the route (c) losing the call letter (d) practising answers aloud
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) knowing your résumé (b) noting questions to ask (c) reading about the place (d) leaving it to the day
- 19.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) sleeping well (b) leaving it to the day (c) practising answers aloud (d) a mock interview
- 20.🗺️ When should you check the route to the venue? (a) never (b) after you are late (c) on the way there (d) a day or more before
- 21.Which of these proves who you are? (a) the call letter (b) the invitation email (c) Class 10 marksheet (d) a passport copy
- 22.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: sleeping well? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 23.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: zero research? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting questions to ask (b) sleeping well (c) not reading your résumé (d) a mock interview
- 25.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) losing the call letter (b) no copies of marksheets (c) zero research (d) knowing your résumé
- 26.📁 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
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping well (b) reading about the place (c) checking the route (d) not knowing the address
- 28.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not reading your résumé? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 29.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) preparing documents (b) sleeping well (c) not reading your résumé (d) practising answers aloud
- 30.Which of these proves your marks? (a) activity certificates (b) the invitation email (c) a college transcript (d) the slot confirmation
- 31.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a project file? (a) proves who you are (b) confirms your slot (c) shows your work (d) proves your marks
- 32.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a portfolio? (a) proves who you are (b) confirms your slot (c) shows your work (d) proves your marks
- 33.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: noting questions to ask? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 34.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) preparing documents (b) practising answers aloud (c) guessing the time (d) reading about the place
- 35.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) at home (b) in your pocket (c) in one neat folder (d) loose in your bag
- 36.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) only on your phone (b) two or three (c) exactly fifty (d) none
- 37.True or false: “losing the call letter” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 38.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the slot confirmation? (a) shows your work (b) confirms your slot (c) proves who you are (d) proves your marks
- 39.True or false: “sleeping well” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 40.Which of these proves your marks? (a) a passport copy (b) activity certificates (c) a school ID card (d) Class 10 marksheet
Answer key
- its website, prospectus
- poor preparation
- poor preparation
- a practice interview
- good preparation
- proves who you are
- activity certificates
- False
- proves your marks
- False
- True
- sleep on time
- poor preparation
- good preparation
- False
- good preparation
- losing the call letter
- leaving it to the day
- leaving it to the day
- a day or more before
- a passport copy
- good preparation
- poor preparation
- not reading your résumé
- knowing your résumé
- shows your work
- not knowing the address
- poor preparation
- not reading your résumé
- a college transcript
- shows your work
- shows your work
- good preparation
- guessing the time
- in one neat folder
- two or three
- True
- confirms your slot
- False
- Class 10 marksheet
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