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