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.Which of these shows your work? (a) Class 12 marksheet (b) a project file (c) the slot confirmation (d) a school ID card
- 2.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) practising answers aloud (b) knowing your résumé (c) noting questions to ask (d) leaving it to the day
- 3.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: activity certificates? (a) proves who you are (b) shows your work (c) confirms your slot (d) proves your marks
- 4.📁 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
- 5.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: practising answers aloud? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading about the place (b) practising answers aloud (c) preparing documents (d) staying up all night
- 7.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: losing the call letter? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying up all night (b) leaving it to the day (c) reading about the place (d) zero research
- 9.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a school ID card? (a) shows your work (b) confirms your slot (c) proves your marks (d) proves who you are
- 10.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: a mock interview? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 11.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: noting questions to ask? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 12.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) no copies of marksheets (b) a mock interview (c) reading about the place (d) practising answers aloud
- 13.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) exactly fifty (b) two or three (c) none (d) only on your phone
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no copies of marksheets (b) not reading your résumé (c) losing the call letter (d) knowing your résumé
- 15.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not reading your résumé? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 16.True or false: “a mock interview” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 17.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) practising answers aloud (b) noting questions to ask (c) staying up all night (d) reading about the place
- 18.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: sleeping well? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 19.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 20.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: Class 12 marksheet? (a) confirms your slot (b) shows your work (c) proves who you are (d) proves your marks
- 21.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: zero research? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 22.🧁 Before an interview at a bakery, what should you find out? (a) nothing at all (b) the owner’s address (c) what it makes and sells (d) its rivals’ secrets
- 23.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) preparing documents (b) reading about the place (c) checking the route (d) losing the call letter
- 24.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) rumours from friends (b) guessing (c) its website, prospectus (d) nothing at all
- 25.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading about the place (b) a mock interview (c) noting questions to ask (d) no copies of marksheets
- 27.True or false: “guessing the time” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: “knowing your résumé” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: “leaving it to the day” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: leaving it to the day? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 31.True or false: “sleeping well” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: checking the route? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not knowing the address (b) sleeping well (c) knowing your résumé (d) practising answers aloud
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) preparing documents (b) practising answers aloud (c) knowing your résumé (d) losing the call letter
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying up all night (b) sleeping well (c) leaving it to the day (d) no copies of marksheets
- 36.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a portfolio? (a) proves your marks (b) confirms your slot (c) shows your work (d) proves who you are
- 37.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) leaving it to the day (b) practising answers aloud (c) not knowing the address (d) not reading your résumé
- 38.🌙 The night before an interview, it is best to… (a) sleep on time (b) stay up all night (c) play games late (d) start preparing
- 39.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a passport copy? (a) confirms your slot (b) shows your work (c) proves your marks (d) proves who you are
- 40.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) a mock interview (b) knowing your résumé (c) sleeping well (d) guessing the time
Answer key
- a project file
- leaving it to the day
- shows your work
- confirms your slot
- good preparation
- staying up all night
- poor preparation
- reading about the place
- proves who you are
- good preparation
- good preparation
- no copies of marksheets
- two or three
- knowing your résumé
- poor preparation
- True
- staying up all night
- good preparation
- False
- proves your marks
- poor preparation
- what it makes and sells
- losing the call letter
- its website, prospectus
- False
- no copies of marksheets
- False
- False
- False
- poor preparation
- False
- good preparation
- not knowing the address
- losing the call letter
- sleeping well
- shows your work
- practising answers aloud
- sleep on time
- proves who you are
- guessing the time
Free interview skills lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/interview-skills-for-students