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 is good interview preparation? (a) leaving it to the day (b) zero research (c) noting questions to ask (d) no copies of marksheets
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the route (b) zero research (c) staying up all night (d) guessing the time
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the route (b) practising answers aloud (c) reading about the place (d) guessing the time
- 4.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the call letter? (a) proves who you are (b) confirms your slot (c) proves your marks (d) shows your work
- 5.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a college transcript? (a) shows your work (b) confirms your slot (c) proves who you are (d) proves your marks
- 6.True or false: “zero research” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 7.True or false: “losing the call letter” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 8.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: an Aadhaar card copy? (a) proves your marks (b) confirms your slot (c) shows your work (d) proves who you are
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising answers aloud (b) knowing your résumé (c) sleeping well (d) not reading your résumé
- 10.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a portfolio? (a) confirms your slot (b) shows your work (c) proves your marks (d) proves who you are
- 11.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the slot confirmation? (a) shows your work (b) proves who you are (c) confirms your slot (d) proves your marks
- 12.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: losing the call letter? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 13.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: guessing the time? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 14.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) practising answers aloud (b) zero research (c) a mock interview (d) preparing documents
- 15.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 16.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) only on your phone (b) two or three (c) exactly fifty (d) none
- 17.True or false: “a mock interview” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🗺️ When should you check the route to the venue? (a) on the way there (b) never (c) after you are late (d) a day or more before
- 19.Which of these shows your work? (a) an Aadhaar card copy (b) a school ID card (c) a college transcript (d) activity certificates
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping well (b) a mock interview (c) no copies of marksheets (d) knowing your résumé
- 21.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: a mock interview? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 22.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) checking the route (b) reading about the place (c) preparing documents (d) not reading your résumé
- 23.True or false: “guessing the time” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 24.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) knowing your résumé (b) noting questions to ask (c) guessing the time (d) a mock interview
- 25.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) guessing (b) rumours from friends (c) its website, prospectus (d) nothing at all
- 26.True or false: “a mock interview” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not knowing the address? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 28.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not reading your résumé? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 29.🧁 Before an interview at a bakery, what should you find out? (a) what it makes and sells (b) the owner’s address (c) nothing at all (d) its rivals’ secrets
- 30.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: staying up all night? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 31.Which of these proves who you are? (a) activity certificates (b) a college transcript (c) the call letter (d) a school ID card
- 32.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) loose in your bag (b) in your pocket (c) in one neat folder (d) at home
- 33.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) a mock interview (b) not knowing the address (c) losing the call letter (d) staying up all night
- 34.True or false: “guessing the time” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: “sleeping well” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 36.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) an Aadhaar card copy (b) a project file (c) the slot confirmation (d) Class 12 marksheet
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping well (b) practising answers aloud (c) staying up all night (d) checking the route
- 38.Which of these shows your work? (a) a passport copy (b) a portfolio (c) Class 12 marksheet (d) a college transcript
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not reading your résumé (b) practising answers aloud (c) leaving it to the day (d) guessing the time
- 40.Which of these proves your marks? (a) a passport copy (b) activity certificates (c) a college transcript (d) a school ID card
Answer key
- noting questions to ask
- checking the route
- guessing the time
- confirms your slot
- proves your marks
- False
- True
- proves who you are
- not reading your résumé
- shows your work
- confirms your slot
- poor preparation
- poor preparation
- zero research
- good preparation
- two or three
- False
- a day or more before
- activity certificates
- no copies of marksheets
- good preparation
- not reading your résumé
- True
- guessing the time
- its website, prospectus
- True
- poor preparation
- poor preparation
- what it makes and sells
- poor preparation
- a school ID card
- in one neat folder
- a mock interview
- False
- True
- the slot confirmation
- staying up all night
- a portfolio
- practising answers aloud
- a college transcript
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