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 reading your résumé (b) sleeping well (c) reading about the place (d) knowing your résumé
- 2.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: Class 12 marksheet? (a) proves your marks (b) confirms your slot (c) proves who you are (d) shows your work
- 3.🌙 The night before an interview, it is best to… (a) start preparing (b) sleep on time (c) play games late (d) stay up all night
- 4.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a school ID card? (a) shows your work (b) proves your marks (c) confirms your slot (d) proves who you are
- 5.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: no copies of marksheets? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 6.True or false: “preparing documents” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: practising answers aloud? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 8.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) loose in your bag (b) in one neat folder (c) in your pocket (d) at home
- 9.🎭 What is a mock interview? (a) a joke interview (b) a practice interview (c) a fake job offer (d) a written test
- 10.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: checking the route? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 11.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: zero research? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 12.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not reading your résumé? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 13.True or false: “no copies of marksheets” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 15.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: losing the call letter? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 16.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) guessing the time (b) not reading your résumé (c) noting questions to ask (d) leaving it to the day
- 17.True or false: “sleeping well” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: sleeping well? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 19.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the slot confirmation? (a) proves your marks (b) shows your work (c) proves who you are (d) confirms your slot
- 20.🧁 Before an interview at a bakery, what should you find out? (a) nothing at all (b) its rivals’ secrets (c) what it makes and sells (d) the owner’s address
- 21.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) checking the route (b) guessing the time (c) leaving it to the day (d) zero research
- 22.Which of these proves who you are? (a) a passport copy (b) the invitation email (c) a project file (d) a college transcript
- 23.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) not knowing the address (b) sleeping well (c) knowing your résumé (d) checking the route
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising answers aloud (b) a mock interview (c) preparing documents (d) staying up all night
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping well (b) practising answers aloud (c) not knowing the address (d) noting questions to ask
- 26.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a portfolio? (a) shows your work (b) proves who you are (c) proves your marks (d) confirms your slot
- 27.Which of these proves who you are? (a) activity certificates (b) the call letter (c) a project file (d) a school ID card
- 28.True or false: “not reading your résumé” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: knowing your résumé? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 30.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) nothing at all (b) its website, prospectus (c) rumours from friends (d) guessing
- 31.True or false: “preparing documents” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 32.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) not knowing the address (b) a mock interview (c) guessing the time (d) zero research
- 33.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) preparing documents (b) a mock interview (c) not reading your résumé (d) practising answers aloud
- 34.🗺️ When should you check the route to the venue? (a) a day or more before (b) after you are late (c) on the way there (d) never
- 35.True or false: “zero research” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 37.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 38.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: an Aadhaar card copy? (a) proves who you are (b) shows your work (c) proves your marks (d) confirms your slot
- 39.True or false: “staying up all night” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 40.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a project file? (a) confirms your slot (b) shows your work (c) proves your marks (d) proves who you are
Answer key
- not reading your résumé
- proves your marks
- sleep on time
- proves who you are
- poor preparation
- True
- good preparation
- in one neat folder
- a practice interview
- good preparation
- poor preparation
- poor preparation
- True
- good preparation
- poor preparation
- noting questions to ask
- True
- good preparation
- confirms your slot
- what it makes and sells
- checking the route
- a passport copy
- not knowing the address
- staying up all night
- not knowing the address
- shows your work
- a school ID card
- True
- good preparation
- its website, prospectus
- False
- a mock interview
- not reading your résumé
- a day or more before
- True
- True
- False
- proves who you are
- False
- shows your work
Free interview skills lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/interview-skills-for-students