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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 2.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) not knowing the address (b) a mock interview (c) preparing documents (d) sleeping well
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting questions to ask (b) a mock interview (c) zero research (d) checking the route
- 4.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) not reading your résumé (b) leaving it to the day (c) zero research (d) noting questions to ask
- 5.True or false: “losing the call letter” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 6.Which of these proves your marks? (a) a project file (b) activity certificates (c) Class 10 marksheet (d) an Aadhaar card copy
- 7.Which of these shows your work? (a) the slot confirmation (b) an Aadhaar card copy (c) activity certificates (d) a school ID card
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting questions to ask (b) not knowing the address (c) practising answers aloud (d) checking the route
- 9.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) practising answers aloud (b) sleeping well (c) reading about the place (d) not reading your résumé
- 10.🔎 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
- 11.True or false: “zero research” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 12.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: sleeping well? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 14.🧁 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
- 15.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) not knowing the address (b) losing the call letter (c) practising answers aloud (d) zero research
- 16.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) only on your phone (b) two or three (c) exactly fifty (d) none
- 17.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) not knowing the address (b) leaving it to the day (c) guessing the time (d) preparing documents
- 18.True or false: “no copies of marksheets” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 19.True or false: “reading about the place” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: staying up all night? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 21.True or false: “preparing documents” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mock interview (b) no copies of marksheets (c) not knowing the address (d) not reading your résumé
- 23.Which of these proves who you are? (a) the invitation email (b) Class 12 marksheet (c) a project file (d) a passport copy
- 24.🌙 The night before an interview, it is best to… (a) stay up all night (b) start preparing (c) sleep on time (d) play games late
- 25.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not reading your résumé? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 26.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: practising answers aloud? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 27.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: a mock interview? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 28.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) leaving it to the day (b) not reading your résumé (c) knowing your résumé (d) losing the call letter
- 29.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: activity certificates? (a) proves your marks (b) proves who you are (c) shows your work (d) confirms your slot
- 30.True or false: “losing the call letter” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 31.True or false: “knowing your résumé” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 32.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) an Aadhaar card copy (b) activity certificates (c) a school ID card (d) the invitation email
- 33.Which of these proves who you are? (a) a school ID card (b) a portfolio (c) the slot confirmation (d) a project file
- 34.True or false: “a mock interview” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 35.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) leaving it to the day (b) checking the route (c) knowing your résumé (d) reading about the place
- 36.Which of these proves who you are? (a) a college transcript (b) a project file (c) an Aadhaar card copy (d) Class 10 marksheet
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising answers aloud (b) preparing documents (c) reading about the place (d) guessing the time
- 38.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) a mock interview (b) preparing documents (c) zero research (d) reading about the place
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not reading your résumé (b) zero research (c) noting questions to ask (d) leaving it to the day
- 40.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) noting questions to ask (b) preparing documents (c) staying up all night (d) knowing your résumé
Answer key
- good preparation
- not knowing the address
- zero research
- noting questions to ask
- True
- Class 10 marksheet
- activity certificates
- not knowing the address
- not reading your résumé
- its website, prospectus
- False
- False
- good preparation
- what it makes and sells
- practising answers aloud
- two or three
- preparing documents
- True
- True
- poor preparation
- True
- a mock interview
- a passport copy
- sleep on time
- poor preparation
- good preparation
- good preparation
- knowing your résumé
- shows your work
- False
- True
- the invitation email
- a school ID card
- True
- leaving it to the day
- an Aadhaar card copy
- guessing the time
- zero research
- noting questions to ask
- staying up all night
Free interview skills lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/interview-skills-for-students