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Interview Skills Worksheet: Preparing for an Interview

Interview skills lesson 10: Preparing for an interview · Set 408 · 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.True or false: “preparing documents” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) losing the call letter (b) leaving it to the day (c) guessing the time (d) a mock interview
  3. 3.True or false: “knowing your résumé” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: “reading about the place” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  7. 7.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a project file? (a) confirms your slot (b) shows your work (c) proves who you are (d) proves your marks
  8. 8.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a school ID card? (a) shows your work (b) proves who you are (c) confirms your slot (d) proves your marks
  9. 9.🎭 What is a mock interview? (a) a fake job offer (b) a joke interview (c) a practice interview (d) a written test
  10. 10.🗺️ When should you check the route to the venue? (a) a day or more before (b) never (c) on the way there (d) after you are late
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it to the day (b) checking the route (c) preparing documents (d) practising answers aloud
  12. 12.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) guessing the time (b) zero research (c) not knowing the address (d) reading about the place
  13. 13.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) nothing at all (b) its website, prospectus (c) rumours from friends (d) guessing
  14. 14.True or false: “not knowing the address” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: knowing your résumé? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  16. 16.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) noting questions to ask (b) a mock interview (c) guessing the time (d) checking the route
  17. 17.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) reading about the place (b) practising answers aloud (c) leaving it to the day (d) checking the route
  18. 18.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the call letter? (a) shows your work (b) confirms your slot (c) proves your marks (d) proves who you are
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no copies of marksheets (b) leaving it to the day (c) staying up all night (d) reading about the place
  20. 20.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: guessing the time? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising answers aloud (b) not reading your résumé (c) reading about the place (d) a mock interview
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not reading your résumé (b) staying up all night (c) preparing documents (d) not knowing the address
  23. 23.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) losing the call letter (b) not reading your résumé (c) leaving it to the day (d) checking the route
  24. 24.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a passport copy? (a) proves who you are (b) proves your marks (c) confirms your slot (d) shows your work
  25. 25.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: practising answers aloud? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  26. 26.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) activity certificates (b) a passport copy (c) an Aadhaar card copy (d) the slot confirmation
  27. 27.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the invitation email? (a) confirms your slot (b) proves who you are (c) proves your marks (d) shows your work
  28. 28.🌙 The night before an interview, it is best to… (a) sleep on time (b) play games late (c) start preparing (d) stay up all night
  29. 29.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: a mock interview? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  30. 30.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) practising answers aloud (b) a mock interview (c) staying up all night (d) sleeping well
  31. 31.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: staying up all night? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  32. 32.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: an Aadhaar card copy? (a) shows your work (b) proves your marks (c) confirms your slot (d) proves who you are
  33. 33.True or false: “losing the call letter” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) not knowing the address (b) zero research (c) noting questions to ask (d) not reading your résumé
  35. 35.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: leaving it to the day? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  36. 36.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: preparing documents? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising answers aloud (b) guessing the time (c) checking the route (d) preparing documents
  38. 38.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: checking the route? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  39. 39.True or false: “knowing your résumé” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “staying up all night” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. True
  2. a mock interview
  3. False
  4. False
  5. False
  6. good preparation
  7. shows your work
  8. proves who you are
  9. a practice interview
  10. a day or more before
  11. leaving it to the day
  12. reading about the place
  13. its website, prospectus
  14. False
  15. good preparation
  16. guessing the time
  17. leaving it to the day
  18. confirms your slot
  19. reading about the place
  20. poor preparation
  21. not reading your résumé
  22. preparing documents
  23. checking the route
  24. proves who you are
  25. good preparation
  26. the slot confirmation
  27. confirms your slot
  28. sleep on time
  29. good preparation
  30. staying up all night
  31. poor preparation
  32. proves who you are
  33. True
  34. noting questions to ask
  35. poor preparation
  36. good preparation
  37. guessing the time
  38. good preparation
  39. True
  40. False

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