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