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Interview Skills Worksheet: Preparing for an Interview

Interview skills lesson 10: Preparing for an interview · Set 421 · 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 does this document do for you at an interview: an Aadhaar card copy? (a) proves your marks (b) confirms your slot (c) proves who you are (d) shows your work
  2. 2.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) noting questions to ask (b) preparing documents (c) no copies of marksheets (d) reading about the place
  3. 3.🗺️ When should you check the route to the venue? (a) after you are late (b) never (c) on the way there (d) a day or more before
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) zero research (b) checking the route (c) losing the call letter (d) not reading your résumé
  5. 5.🧁 Before an interview at a bakery, what should you find out? (a) what it makes and sells (b) the owner’s address (c) its rivals’ secrets (d) nothing at all
  6. 6.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: zero research? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  7. 7.True or false: “not knowing the address” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these shows your work? (a) the call letter (b) a passport copy (c) activity certificates (d) a college transcript
  9. 9.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) zero research (b) not reading your résumé (c) guessing the time (d) reading about the place
  10. 10.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) leaving it to the day (b) checking the route (c) staying up all night (d) losing the call letter
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) preparing documents (b) a mock interview (c) no copies of marksheets (d) sleeping well
  12. 12.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) in one neat folder (b) at home (c) loose in your bag (d) in your pocket
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) losing the call letter (b) no copies of marksheets (c) not reading your résumé (d) reading about the place
  14. 14.True or false: “checking the route” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: activity certificates? (a) confirms your slot (b) shows your work (c) proves who you are (d) proves your marks
  16. 16.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the slot confirmation? (a) proves your marks (b) confirms your slot (c) shows your work (d) proves who you are
  17. 17.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) rumours from friends (b) its website, prospectus (c) nothing at all (d) guessing
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not reading your résumé (b) practising answers aloud (c) leaving it to the day (d) not knowing the address
  19. 19.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: checking the route? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  20. 20.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) reading about the place (b) losing the call letter (c) noting questions to ask (d) sleeping well
  21. 21.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: guessing the time? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  22. 22.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) Class 12 marksheet (b) Class 10 marksheet (c) a portfolio (d) the slot confirmation
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping well (b) practising answers aloud (c) checking the route (d) staying up all night
  24. 24.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) noting questions to ask (b) preparing documents (c) a mock interview (d) zero research
  25. 25.True or false: “losing the call letter” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) no copies of marksheets (b) losing the call letter (c) zero research (d) practising answers aloud
  27. 27.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the invitation email? (a) proves your marks (b) confirms your slot (c) shows your work (d) proves who you are
  28. 28.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a school ID card? (a) confirms your slot (b) proves your marks (c) proves who you are (d) shows your work
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying up all night (b) leaving it to the day (c) sleeping well (d) not reading your résumé
  30. 30.Which of these proves your marks? (a) a project file (b) an Aadhaar card copy (c) Class 12 marksheet (d) activity certificates
  31. 31.Which of these proves who you are? (a) a portfolio (b) an Aadhaar card copy (c) the invitation email (d) activity certificates
  32. 32.Which of these shows your work? (a) a college transcript (b) a project file (c) the call letter (d) a school ID card
  33. 33.True or false: “no copies of marksheets” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting questions to ask (b) sleeping well (c) knowing your résumé (d) guessing the time
  35. 35.True or false: “a mock interview” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🌙 The night before an interview, it is best to… (a) start preparing (b) play games late (c) sleep on time (d) stay up all night
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading about the place (b) checking the route (c) knowing your résumé (d) not reading your résumé
  38. 38.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not knowing the address? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  39. 39.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: a mock interview? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  40. 40.Which of these proves who you are? (a) a project file (b) a portfolio (c) the slot confirmation (d) a passport copy

Answer key

  1. proves who you are
  2. no copies of marksheets
  3. a day or more before
  4. checking the route
  5. what it makes and sells
  6. poor preparation
  7. False
  8. activity certificates
  9. reading about the place
  10. checking the route
  11. no copies of marksheets
  12. in one neat folder
  13. reading about the place
  14. True
  15. shows your work
  16. confirms your slot
  17. its website, prospectus
  18. practising answers aloud
  19. good preparation
  20. losing the call letter
  21. poor preparation
  22. the slot confirmation
  23. staying up all night
  24. zero research
  25. True
  26. practising answers aloud
  27. confirms your slot
  28. proves who you are
  29. sleeping well
  30. Class 12 marksheet
  31. an Aadhaar card copy
  32. a project file
  33. False
  34. guessing the time
  35. False
  36. sleep on time
  37. not reading your résumé
  38. poor preparation
  39. good preparation
  40. a passport copy

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