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