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Interview Skills Worksheet: Preparing for an Interview

Interview skills lesson 10: Preparing for an interview · Set 43 · 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.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. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the route (b) zero research (c) staying up all night (d) guessing the time
  3. 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. 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. 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. 6.True or false: “zero research” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: “losing the call letter” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  8. 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. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising answers aloud (b) knowing your résumé (c) sleeping well (d) not reading your résumé
  10. 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. 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. 12.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: losing the call letter? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  13. 13.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: guessing the time? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  14. 14.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) practising answers aloud (b) zero research (c) a mock interview (d) preparing documents
  15. 15.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  16. 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. 17.True or false: “a mock interview” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  18. 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. 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. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping well (b) a mock interview (c) no copies of marksheets (d) knowing your résumé
  21. 21.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: a mock interview? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  22. 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. 23.True or false: “guessing the time” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  24. 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. 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. 26.True or false: “a mock interview” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not knowing the address? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  28. 28.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not reading your résumé? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  29. 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. 30.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: staying up all night? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  31. 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. 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. 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. 34.True or false: “guessing the time” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “sleeping well” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  36. 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. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping well (b) practising answers aloud (c) staying up all night (d) checking the route
  38. 38.Which of these shows your work? (a) a passport copy (b) a portfolio (c) Class 12 marksheet (d) a college transcript
  39. 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. 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

  1. noting questions to ask
  2. checking the route
  3. guessing the time
  4. confirms your slot
  5. proves your marks
  6. False
  7. True
  8. proves who you are
  9. not reading your résumé
  10. shows your work
  11. confirms your slot
  12. poor preparation
  13. poor preparation
  14. zero research
  15. good preparation
  16. two or three
  17. False
  18. a day or more before
  19. activity certificates
  20. no copies of marksheets
  21. good preparation
  22. not reading your résumé
  23. True
  24. guessing the time
  25. its website, prospectus
  26. True
  27. poor preparation
  28. poor preparation
  29. what it makes and sells
  30. poor preparation
  31. a school ID card
  32. in one neat folder
  33. a mock interview
  34. False
  35. True
  36. the slot confirmation
  37. staying up all night
  38. a portfolio
  39. practising answers aloud
  40. a college transcript

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