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Interview Skills Worksheet: Preparing for an Interview

Interview skills lesson 10: Preparing for an interview · Set 502 · 40 questions
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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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) preparing documents (b) losing the call letter (c) a mock interview (d) checking the route
  7. 7.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) activity certificates (b) Class 10 marksheet (c) the call letter (d) a portfolio
  8. 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. 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. 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. 11.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: checking the route? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying up all night (b) a mock interview (c) zero research (d) guessing the time
  13. 13.True or false: “losing the call letter” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  14. 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. 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. 16.True or false: “guessing the time” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  17. 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. 18.True or false: “zero research” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  19. 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. 20.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: guessing the time? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  21. 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. 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. 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. 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. 25.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not reading your résumé? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  26. 26.True or false: “guessing the time” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: practising answers aloud? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  28. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 33.True or false: “reading about the place” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “zero research” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  35. 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. 36.Which of these proves your marks? (a) the call letter (b) the invitation email (c) a college transcript (d) activity certificates
  37. 37.True or false: “not reading your résumé” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎭 What is a mock interview? (a) a joke interview (b) a fake job offer (c) a practice interview (d) a written test
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising answers aloud (b) noting questions to ask (c) guessing the time (d) preparing documents
  40. 40.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: sleeping well? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation

Answer key

  1. a day or more before
  2. sleep on time
  3. not knowing the address
  4. checking the route
  5. what it makes and sells
  6. losing the call letter
  7. the call letter
  8. noting questions to ask
  9. reading about the place
  10. reading about the place
  11. good preparation
  12. a mock interview
  13. True
  14. in one neat folder
  15. losing the call letter
  16. False
  17. not reading your résumé
  18. False
  19. shows your work
  20. poor preparation
  21. shows your work
  22. a school ID card
  23. two or three
  24. proves who you are
  25. poor preparation
  26. True
  27. good preparation
  28. not reading your résumé
  29. proves who you are
  30. knowing your résumé
  31. activity certificates
  32. no copies of marksheets
  33. False
  34. True
  35. proves who you are
  36. a college transcript
  37. True
  38. a practice interview
  39. guessing the time
  40. good preparation

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