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