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