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 shows your work? (a) the call letter (b) Class 10 marksheet (c) the slot confirmation (d) activity certificates
- 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.📁 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.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) in your pocket (b) in one neat folder (c) loose in your bag (d) at home
- 5.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not knowing the address? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 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.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) zero research (b) guessing the time (c) staying up all night (d) checking the route
- 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: checking the route? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 10.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: knowing your résumé? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 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.True or false: “not knowing the address” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 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.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) none (b) only on your phone (c) exactly fifty (d) two or three
- 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: no copies of marksheets? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: a mock interview? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 19.Which of these proves who you are? (a) activity certificates (b) a college transcript (c) a school ID card (d) a portfolio
- 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.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) not knowing the address (b) zero research (c) not reading your résumé (d) preparing documents
- 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.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) checking the route (b) practising answers aloud (c) sleeping well (d) guessing the time
- 24.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: leaving it to the day? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 25.True or false: “a mock interview” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 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.True or false: “knowing your résumé” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 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.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.🔍 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.Which of these shows your work? (a) a passport copy (b) a portfolio (c) a college transcript (d) Class 12 marksheet
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising answers aloud (b) checking the route (c) knowing your résumé (d) zero research
- 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.True or false: “sleeping well” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 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.True or false: “no copies of marksheets” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: noting questions to ask? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 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
- activity certificates
- no copies of marksheets
- proves who you are
- in one neat folder
- poor preparation
- shows your work
- checking the route
- shows your work
- good preparation
- good preparation
- its website, prospectus
- False
- shows your work
- two or three
- what it makes and sells
- poor preparation
- proves who you are
- good preparation
- a school ID card
- sleep on time
- preparing documents
- confirms your slot
- guessing the time
- poor preparation
- False
- not knowing the address
- True
- an Aadhaar card copy
- losing the call letter
- noting questions to ask
- a portfolio
- zero research
- reading about the place
- False
- good preparation
- leaving it to the day
- False
- not reading your résumé
- good preparation
- proves your marks
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