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Interview Skills Worksheet: Preparing for an Interview

Interview skills lesson 10: Preparing for an interview · Set 45 · 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 poor interview preparation? (a) guessing the time (b) noting questions to ask (c) checking the route (d) sleeping well
  2. 2.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: staying up all night? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  3. 3.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) zero research (b) not knowing the address (c) no copies of marksheets (d) noting questions to ask
  4. 4.🧁 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
  5. 5.True or false: “sleeping well” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these proves your marks? (a) activity certificates (b) Class 10 marksheet (c) a school ID card (d) a project file
  7. 7.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the invitation email? (a) confirms your slot (b) shows your work (c) proves who you are (d) proves your marks
  8. 8.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a college transcript? (a) shows your work (b) proves who you are (c) confirms your slot (d) proves your marks
  9. 9.Which of these proves who you are? (a) a college transcript (b) Class 10 marksheet (c) Class 12 marksheet (d) a passport copy
  10. 10.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: zero research? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  11. 11.Which of these proves your marks? (a) a project file (b) a school ID card (c) a college transcript (d) the slot confirmation
  12. 12.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: knowing your résumé? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  13. 13.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: an Aadhaar card copy? (a) confirms your slot (b) shows your work (c) proves who you are (d) proves your marks
  14. 14.🎭 What is a mock interview? (a) a fake job offer (b) a joke interview (c) a practice interview (d) a written test
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not knowing the address (b) practising answers aloud (c) checking the route (d) a mock interview
  16. 16.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “guessing the time” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) sleeping well (b) leaving it to the day (c) reading about the place (d) practising answers aloud
  19. 19.Which of these proves who you are? (a) Class 12 marksheet (b) the invitation email (c) a portfolio (d) a school ID card
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) knowing your résumé (b) preparing documents (c) not reading your résumé (d) reading about the place
  21. 21.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) exactly fifty (b) two or three (c) none (d) only on your phone
  22. 22.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “leaving it to the day” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “a mock interview” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a project file? (a) confirms your slot (b) proves your marks (c) shows your work (d) proves who you are
  26. 26.True or false: “zero research” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) checking the route (b) practising answers aloud (c) noting questions to ask (d) losing the call letter
  28. 28.🗺️ When should you check the route to the venue? (a) never (b) after you are late (c) a day or more before (d) on the way there
  29. 29.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) activity certificates (b) a school ID card (c) a passport copy (d) the invitation email
  30. 30.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: activity certificates? (a) proves who you are (b) confirms your slot (c) shows your work (d) proves your marks
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) zero research (b) losing the call letter (c) reading about the place (d) not knowing the address
  32. 32.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the slot confirmation? (a) confirms your slot (b) proves who you are (c) shows your work (d) proves your marks
  33. 33.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) guessing (b) its website, prospectus (c) rumours from friends (d) nothing at all
  34. 34.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: a mock interview? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  35. 35.True or false: “guessing the time” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “knowing your résumé” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not knowing the address? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  38. 38.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) zero research (b) leaving it to the day (c) a mock interview (d) not knowing the address
  39. 39.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: preparing documents? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  40. 40.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: guessing the time? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation

Answer key

  1. guessing the time
  2. poor preparation
  3. noting questions to ask
  4. what it makes and sells
  5. True
  6. Class 10 marksheet
  7. confirms your slot
  8. proves your marks
  9. a passport copy
  10. poor preparation
  11. a college transcript
  12. good preparation
  13. proves who you are
  14. a practice interview
  15. not knowing the address
  16. True
  17. True
  18. leaving it to the day
  19. a school ID card
  20. not reading your résumé
  21. two or three
  22. False
  23. False
  24. False
  25. shows your work
  26. True
  27. losing the call letter
  28. a day or more before
  29. the invitation email
  30. shows your work
  31. reading about the place
  32. confirms your slot
  33. its website, prospectus
  34. good preparation
  35. False
  36. False
  37. poor preparation
  38. a mock interview
  39. good preparation
  40. poor preparation

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