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.🗺️ When should you check the route to the venue? (a) a day or more before (b) after you are late (c) never (d) on the way there
- 2.🌙 The night before an interview, it is best to… (a) stay up all night (b) play games late (c) start preparing (d) sleep on time
- 3.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) not knowing the address (b) knowing your résumé (c) noting questions to ask (d) practising answers aloud
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the route (b) staying up all night (c) no copies of marksheets (d) not reading your résumé
- 5.🧁 Before an interview at a bakery, what should you find out? (a) what it makes and sells (b) its rivals’ secrets (c) nothing at all (d) the owner’s address
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) preparing documents (b) losing the call letter (c) a mock interview (d) checking the route
- 7.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) activity certificates (b) Class 10 marksheet (c) the call letter (d) a portfolio
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) losing the call letter (b) not reading your résumé (c) guessing the time (d) noting questions to ask
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) losing the call letter (b) not knowing the address (c) reading about the place (d) not reading your résumé
- 10.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) leaving it to the day (b) losing the call letter (c) zero research (d) reading about the place
- 11.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: checking the route? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying up all night (b) a mock interview (c) zero research (d) guessing the time
- 13.True or false: “losing the call letter” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 14.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) loose in your bag (b) in one neat folder (c) at home (d) in your pocket
- 15.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) knowing your résumé (b) sleeping well (c) reading about the place (d) losing the call letter
- 16.True or false: “guessing the time” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) knowing your résumé (b) not reading your résumé (c) reading about the place (d) sleeping well
- 18.True or false: “zero research” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 19.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a portfolio? (a) confirms your slot (b) shows your work (c) proves your marks (d) proves who you are
- 20.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: guessing the time? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 21.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a project file? (a) proves who you are (b) shows your work (c) proves your marks (d) confirms your slot
- 22.Which of these proves who you are? (a) the invitation email (b) a school ID card (c) a college transcript (d) activity certificates
- 23.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) only on your phone (b) none (c) two or three (d) exactly fifty
- 24.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a school ID card? (a) confirms your slot (b) proves your marks (c) proves who you are (d) shows your work
- 25.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not reading your résumé? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 26.True or false: “guessing the time” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: practising answers aloud? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 28.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) not reading your résumé (b) knowing your résumé (c) checking the route (d) preparing documents
- 29.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a passport copy? (a) confirms your slot (b) shows your work (c) proves who you are (d) proves your marks
- 30.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) staying up all night (b) zero research (c) knowing your résumé (d) losing the call letter
- 31.Which of these shows your work? (a) a school ID card (b) an Aadhaar card copy (c) activity certificates (d) the invitation email
- 32.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) reading about the place (b) checking the route (c) a mock interview (d) no copies of marksheets
- 33.True or false: “reading about the place” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: “zero research” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 35.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: an Aadhaar card copy? (a) shows your work (b) confirms your slot (c) proves who you are (d) proves your marks
- 36.Which of these proves your marks? (a) the call letter (b) the invitation email (c) a college transcript (d) activity certificates
- 37.True or false: “not reading your résumé” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🎭 What is a mock interview? (a) a joke interview (b) a fake job offer (c) a practice interview (d) a written test
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising answers aloud (b) noting questions to ask (c) guessing the time (d) preparing documents
- 40.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: sleeping well? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
Answer key
- a day or more before
- sleep on time
- not knowing the address
- checking the route
- what it makes and sells
- losing the call letter
- the call letter
- noting questions to ask
- reading about the place
- reading about the place
- good preparation
- a mock interview
- True
- in one neat folder
- losing the call letter
- False
- not reading your résumé
- False
- shows your work
- poor preparation
- shows your work
- a school ID card
- two or three
- proves who you are
- poor preparation
- True
- good preparation
- not reading your résumé
- proves who you are
- knowing your résumé
- activity certificates
- no copies of marksheets
- False
- True
- proves who you are
- a college transcript
- True
- a practice interview
- guessing the time
- good preparation
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