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