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) leaving it to the day (b) reading about the place (c) no copies of marksheets (d) zero research
- 2.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) zero research (b) guessing the time (c) practising answers aloud (d) losing the call letter
- 3.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading about the place (b) preparing documents (c) sleeping well (d) no copies of marksheets
- 5.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) exactly fifty (b) only on your phone (c) none (d) two or three
- 6.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) leaving it to the day (b) losing the call letter (c) a mock interview (d) guessing the time
- 7.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: preparing documents? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 8.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) in your pocket (b) in one neat folder (c) at home (d) loose in your bag
- 9.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: knowing your résumé? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) zero research (b) checking the route (c) preparing documents (d) reading about the place
- 11.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not reading your résumé? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 12.True or false: “sleeping well” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 13.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) knowing your résumé (b) a mock interview (c) practising answers aloud (d) guessing the time
- 14.True or false: “no copies of marksheets” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 15.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) guessing the time (b) not knowing the address (c) losing the call letter (d) sleeping well
- 16.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the slot confirmation? (a) proves who you are (b) shows your work (c) proves your marks (d) confirms your slot
- 17.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a school ID card? (a) proves your marks (b) confirms your slot (c) shows your work (d) proves who you are
- 18.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) leaving it to the day (b) sleeping well (c) practising answers aloud (d) a mock interview
- 19.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 20.Which of these shows your work? (a) a passport copy (b) a portfolio (c) the slot confirmation (d) the call letter
- 21.Which of these proves your marks? (a) a school ID card (b) Class 12 marksheet (c) the call letter (d) a passport copy
- 22.Which of these shows your work? (a) a school ID card (b) Class 10 marksheet (c) the call letter (d) a project file
- 23.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) rumours from friends (b) its website, prospectus (c) guessing (d) nothing at all
- 24.🗺️ 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
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not reading your résumé (b) no copies of marksheets (c) noting questions to ask (d) zero research
- 26.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) knowing your résumé (b) practising answers aloud (c) sleeping well (d) not reading your résumé
- 27.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a project file? (a) proves who you are (b) confirms your slot (c) proves your marks (d) shows your work
- 28.True or false: “zero research” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🌙 The night before an interview, it is best to… (a) sleep on time (b) play games late (c) start preparing (d) stay up all night
- 30.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🎭 What is a mock interview? (a) a joke interview (b) a practice interview (c) a fake job offer (d) a written test
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading about the place (b) a mock interview (c) knowing your résumé (d) not knowing the address
- 33.Which of these proves who you are? (a) the call letter (b) Class 12 marksheet (c) a school ID card (d) activity certificates
- 34.True or false: “not knowing the address” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 35.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the invitation email? (a) confirms your slot (b) shows your work (c) proves who you are (d) proves your marks
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the route (b) noting questions to ask (c) sleeping well (d) staying up all night
- 37.Which of these proves who you are? (a) a passport copy (b) Class 12 marksheet (c) Class 10 marksheet (d) the invitation email
- 38.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) not knowing the address (b) knowing your résumé (c) guessing the time (d) no copies of marksheets
- 39.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: no copies of marksheets? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not reading your résumé (b) staying up all night (c) zero research (d) practising answers aloud
Answer key
- reading about the place
- practising answers aloud
- False
- no copies of marksheets
- two or three
- a mock interview
- good preparation
- in one neat folder
- good preparation
- zero research
- poor preparation
- True
- guessing the time
- False
- sleeping well
- confirms your slot
- proves who you are
- leaving it to the day
- good preparation
- a portfolio
- Class 12 marksheet
- a project file
- its website, prospectus
- a day or more before
- noting questions to ask
- not reading your résumé
- shows your work
- True
- sleep on time
- False
- a practice interview
- not knowing the address
- a school ID card
- False
- confirms your slot
- staying up all night
- a passport copy
- knowing your résumé
- poor preparation
- practising answers aloud
Free interview skills lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/interview-skills-for-students