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