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 is the odd one out? (a) not reading your résumé (b) zero research (c) no copies of marksheets (d) checking the route
- 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: sleeping well? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 4.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: noting questions to ask? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 5.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: a mock interview? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 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.🌙 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading about the place (b) a mock interview (c) sleeping well (d) not reading your résumé
- 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.🔍 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.Which of these shows your work? (a) a college transcript (b) a passport copy (c) a portfolio (d) the call letter
- 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.Which of these shows your work? (a) the slot confirmation (b) a project file (c) an Aadhaar card copy (d) a college transcript
- 14.True or false: “not knowing the address” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 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.True or false: “no copies of marksheets” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 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.Which of these proves your marks? (a) an Aadhaar card copy (b) the invitation email (c) Class 10 marksheet (d) activity certificates
- 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.📁 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not reading your résumé? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 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.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.Which of these proves who you are? (a) a portfolio (b) activity certificates (c) Class 12 marksheet (d) a passport copy
- 25.True or false: “staying up all night” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 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.📁 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.Which of these proves who you are? (a) a portfolio (b) Class 10 marksheet (c) an Aadhaar card copy (d) a college transcript
- 29.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 30.Which of these shows your work? (a) an Aadhaar card copy (b) a college transcript (c) activity certificates (d) Class 10 marksheet
- 31.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: knowing your résumé? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 32.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) zero research (b) sleeping well (c) losing the call letter (d) guessing the time
- 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.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.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) loose in your bag (b) in your pocket (c) in one neat folder (d) at home
- 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not knowing the address? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 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.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) zero research (b) reading about the place (c) sleeping well (d) practising answers aloud
Answer key
- checking the route
- no copies of marksheets
- good preparation
- good preparation
- good preparation
- losing the call letter
- sleep on time
- not reading your résumé
- leaving it to the day
- a mock interview
- a portfolio
- proves who you are
- a project file
- True
- proves your marks
- False
- two or three
- Class 10 marksheet
- checking the route
- shows your work
- poor preparation
- staying up all night
- a mock interview
- a passport copy
- True
- what it makes and sells
- shows your work
- an Aadhaar card copy
- True
- activity certificates
- good preparation
- True
- sleeping well
- noting questions to ask
- preparing documents
- in one neat folder
- knowing your résumé
- poor preparation
- its website, prospectus
- zero research
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