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Interview Skills Worksheet: Preparing for an Interview

Interview skills lesson 10: Preparing for an interview · Set 402 · 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.🔎 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. 2.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: losing the call letter? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  3. 3.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: guessing the time? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  4. 4.🎭 What is a mock interview? (a) a joke interview (b) a practice interview (c) a fake job offer (d) a written test
  5. 5.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: checking the route? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  6. 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. 7.Which of these shows your work? (a) the slot confirmation (b) a school ID card (c) the call letter (d) activity certificates
  8. 8.True or false: “knowing your résumé” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  9. 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. 10.True or false: “a mock interview” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: “not knowing the address” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  12. 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. 13.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: leaving it to the day? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  14. 14.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: practising answers aloud? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  15. 15.True or false: “reading about the place” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: a mock interview? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  17. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 22.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: sleeping well? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  23. 23.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: zero research? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  24. 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. 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. 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. 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. 28.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not reading your résumé? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  29. 29.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) preparing documents (b) sleeping well (c) not reading your résumé (d) practising answers aloud
  30. 30.Which of these proves your marks? (a) activity certificates (b) the invitation email (c) a college transcript (d) the slot confirmation
  31. 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. 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. 33.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: noting questions to ask? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  34. 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. 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. 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. 37.True or false: “losing the call letter” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  38. 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. 39.True or false: “sleeping well” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  40. 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

  1. its website, prospectus
  2. poor preparation
  3. poor preparation
  4. a practice interview
  5. good preparation
  6. proves who you are
  7. activity certificates
  8. False
  9. proves your marks
  10. False
  11. True
  12. sleep on time
  13. poor preparation
  14. good preparation
  15. False
  16. good preparation
  17. losing the call letter
  18. leaving it to the day
  19. leaving it to the day
  20. a day or more before
  21. a passport copy
  22. good preparation
  23. poor preparation
  24. not reading your résumé
  25. knowing your résumé
  26. shows your work
  27. not knowing the address
  28. poor preparation
  29. not reading your résumé
  30. a college transcript
  31. shows your work
  32. shows your work
  33. good preparation
  34. guessing the time
  35. in one neat folder
  36. two or three
  37. True
  38. confirms your slot
  39. False
  40. Class 10 marksheet

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