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.True or false: “preparing documents” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 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.True or false: “knowing your résumé” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 4.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 5.True or false: “reading about the place” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 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.📁 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.🎭 What is a mock interview? (a) a fake job offer (b) a joke interview (c) a practice interview (d) a written test
- 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it to the day (b) checking the route (c) preparing documents (d) practising answers aloud
- 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.🔎 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.True or false: “not knowing the address” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: knowing your résumé? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 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.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.📁 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.🔍 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: guessing the time? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 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.🔍 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.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.📁 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: practising answers aloud? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 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.📁 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.🌙 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: a mock interview? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: staying up all night? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 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.True or false: “losing the call letter” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: leaving it to the day? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 36.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: preparing documents? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising answers aloud (b) guessing the time (c) checking the route (d) preparing documents
- 38.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: checking the route? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 39.True or false: “knowing your résumé” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 40.True or false: “staying up all night” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- True
- a mock interview
- False
- False
- False
- good preparation
- shows your work
- proves who you are
- a practice interview
- a day or more before
- leaving it to the day
- reading about the place
- its website, prospectus
- False
- good preparation
- guessing the time
- leaving it to the day
- confirms your slot
- reading about the place
- poor preparation
- not reading your résumé
- preparing documents
- checking the route
- proves who you are
- good preparation
- the slot confirmation
- confirms your slot
- sleep on time
- good preparation
- staying up all night
- poor preparation
- proves who you are
- True
- noting questions to ask
- poor preparation
- good preparation
- guessing the time
- good preparation
- True
- False
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