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Interview Skills Worksheet: Preparing for an Interview

Interview skills lesson 10: Preparing for an interview · Set 525 · 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.Which of these shows your work? (a) the call letter (b) Class 10 marksheet (c) the slot confirmation (d) activity certificates
  2. 2.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) knowing your résumé (b) reading about the place (c) practising answers aloud (d) no copies of marksheets
  3. 3.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a school ID card? (a) confirms your slot (b) proves who you are (c) proves your marks (d) shows your work
  4. 4.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) in your pocket (b) in one neat folder (c) loose in your bag (d) at home
  5. 5.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not knowing the address? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  6. 6.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: activity certificates? (a) proves who you are (b) shows your work (c) confirms your slot (d) proves your marks
  7. 7.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) zero research (b) guessing the time (c) staying up all night (d) checking the route
  8. 8.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a project file? (a) shows your work (b) proves who you are (c) proves your marks (d) confirms your slot
  9. 9.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: checking the route? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  10. 10.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: knowing your résumé? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  11. 11.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) its website, prospectus (b) guessing (c) rumours from friends (d) nothing at all
  12. 12.True or false: “not knowing the address” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a portfolio? (a) confirms your slot (b) proves your marks (c) proves who you are (d) shows your work
  14. 14.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) none (b) only on your phone (c) exactly fifty (d) two or three
  15. 15.🧁 Before an interview at a bakery, what should you find out? (a) what it makes and sells (b) nothing at all (c) the owner’s address (d) its rivals’ secrets
  16. 16.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: no copies of marksheets? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  17. 17.📁 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
  18. 18.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: a mock interview? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  19. 19.Which of these proves who you are? (a) activity certificates (b) a college transcript (c) a school ID card (d) a portfolio
  20. 20.🌙 The night before an interview, it is best to… (a) play games late (b) stay up all night (c) start preparing (d) sleep on time
  21. 21.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) not knowing the address (b) zero research (c) not reading your résumé (d) preparing documents
  22. 22.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the slot confirmation? (a) proves who you are (b) confirms your slot (c) shows your work (d) proves your marks
  23. 23.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) checking the route (b) practising answers aloud (c) sleeping well (d) guessing the time
  24. 24.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: leaving it to the day? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  25. 25.True or false: “a mock interview” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) reading about the place (b) knowing your résumé (c) preparing documents (d) not knowing the address
  27. 27.True or false: “knowing your résumé” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these proves who you are? (a) the slot confirmation (b) an Aadhaar card copy (c) a portfolio (d) a college transcript
  29. 29.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) reading about the place (b) losing the call letter (c) preparing documents (d) practising answers aloud
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing the time (b) noting questions to ask (c) not knowing the address (d) losing the call letter
  31. 31.Which of these shows your work? (a) a passport copy (b) a portfolio (c) a college transcript (d) Class 12 marksheet
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising answers aloud (b) checking the route (c) knowing your résumé (d) zero research
  33. 33.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) leaving it to the day (b) reading about the place (c) not knowing the address (d) guessing the time
  34. 34.True or false: “sleeping well” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading about the place (b) leaving it to the day (c) preparing documents (d) practising answers aloud
  37. 37.True or false: “no copies of marksheets” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) not reading your résumé (b) knowing your résumé (c) reading about the place (d) sleeping well
  39. 39.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: noting questions to ask? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  40. 40.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a college transcript? (a) proves your marks (b) proves who you are (c) shows your work (d) confirms your slot

Answer key

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

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