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Interview Skills Worksheet: Preparing for an Interview

Interview skills lesson 10: Preparing for an interview · Set 437 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) not reading your résumé (b) zero research (c) no copies of marksheets (d) checking the route
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising answers aloud (b) knowing your résumé (c) no copies of marksheets (d) noting questions to ask
  3. 3.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: sleeping well? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  4. 4.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: noting questions to ask? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  5. 5.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: a mock interview? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  6. 6.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) knowing your résumé (b) losing the call letter (c) practising answers aloud (d) checking the route
  7. 7.🌙 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
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading about the place (b) a mock interview (c) sleeping well (d) not reading your résumé
  9. 9.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) checking the route (b) reading about the place (c) leaving it to the day (d) practising answers aloud
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mock interview (b) not reading your résumé (c) leaving it to the day (d) not knowing the address
  11. 11.Which of these shows your work? (a) a college transcript (b) a passport copy (c) a portfolio (d) the call letter
  12. 12.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a school ID card? (a) shows your work (b) confirms your slot (c) proves your marks (d) proves who you are
  13. 13.Which of these shows your work? (a) the slot confirmation (b) a project file (c) an Aadhaar card copy (d) a college transcript
  14. 14.True or false: “not knowing the address” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a college transcript? (a) proves who you are (b) confirms your slot (c) proves your marks (d) shows your work
  16. 16.True or false: “no copies of marksheets” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) exactly fifty (b) two or three (c) only on your phone (d) none
  18. 18.Which of these proves your marks? (a) an Aadhaar card copy (b) the invitation email (c) Class 10 marksheet (d) activity certificates
  19. 19.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) staying up all night (b) not knowing the address (c) not reading your résumé (d) checking the route
  20. 20.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a project file? (a) proves your marks (b) proves who you are (c) shows your work (d) confirms your slot
  21. 21.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not reading your résumé? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  22. 22.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) checking the route (b) staying up all night (c) a mock interview (d) reading about the place
  23. 23.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) a mock interview (b) not reading your résumé (c) staying up all night (d) leaving it to the day
  24. 24.Which of these proves who you are? (a) a portfolio (b) activity certificates (c) Class 12 marksheet (d) a passport copy
  25. 25.True or false: “staying up all night” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧁 Before an interview at a bakery, what should you find out? (a) the owner’s address (b) what it makes and sells (c) its rivals’ secrets (d) nothing at all
  27. 27.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a portfolio? (a) proves your marks (b) shows your work (c) confirms your slot (d) proves who you are
  28. 28.Which of these proves who you are? (a) a portfolio (b) Class 10 marksheet (c) an Aadhaar card copy (d) a college transcript
  29. 29.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these shows your work? (a) an Aadhaar card copy (b) a college transcript (c) activity certificates (d) Class 10 marksheet
  31. 31.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: knowing your résumé? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  32. 32.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) zero research (b) sleeping well (c) losing the call letter (d) guessing the time
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not reading your résumé (b) losing the call letter (c) noting questions to ask (d) zero research
  35. 35.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) zero research (b) preparing documents (c) leaving it to the day (d) not reading your résumé
  36. 36.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) loose in your bag (b) in your pocket (c) in one neat folder (d) at home
  37. 37.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) knowing your résumé (b) leaving it to the day (c) losing the call letter (d) not reading your résumé
  38. 38.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not knowing the address? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  39. 39.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) nothing at all (b) guessing (c) its website, prospectus (d) rumours from friends
  40. 40.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) zero research (b) reading about the place (c) sleeping well (d) practising answers aloud

Answer key

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

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