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