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