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