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 is the odd one out? (a) sleeping well (b) noting questions to ask (c) reading about the place (d) zero research
- 2.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: preparing documents? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it to the day (b) preparing documents (c) reading about the place (d) sleeping well
- 4.🗺️ When should you check the route to the venue? (a) after you are late (b) a day or more before (c) on the way there (d) never
- 5.🌙 The night before an interview, it is best to… (a) start preparing (b) sleep on time (c) play games late (d) stay up all night
- 6.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: activity certificates? (a) proves who you are (b) confirms your slot (c) proves your marks (d) shows your work
- 7.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the slot confirmation? (a) shows your work (b) confirms your slot (c) proves your marks (d) proves who you are
- 8.🧁 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
- 9.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) no copies of marksheets (b) not knowing the address (c) sleeping well (d) not reading your résumé
- 10.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) reading about the place (b) zero research (c) practising answers aloud (d) sleeping well
- 11.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) knowing your résumé (b) losing the call letter (c) leaving it to the day (d) not reading your résumé
- 12.Which of these shows your work? (a) a college transcript (b) activity certificates (c) a school ID card (d) the call letter
- 13.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) no copies of marksheets (b) knowing your résumé (c) sleeping well (d) practising answers aloud
- 14.Which of these proves who you are? (a) a college transcript (b) a portfolio (c) an Aadhaar card copy (d) the invitation email
- 15.Which of these proves who you are? (a) activity certificates (b) a project file (c) the invitation email (d) a school ID card
- 16.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: checking the route? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 17.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) two or three (b) none (c) only on your phone (d) exactly fifty
- 18.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: a mock interview? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 19.True or false: “sleeping well” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 20.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the invitation email? (a) proves your marks (b) shows your work (c) confirms your slot (d) proves who you are
- 21.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 22.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) losing the call letter (b) preparing documents (c) reading about the place (d) sleeping well
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it to the day (b) checking the route (c) losing the call letter (d) not reading your résumé
- 24.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a passport copy? (a) confirms your slot (b) proves your marks (c) proves who you are (d) shows your work
- 25.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: knowing your résumé? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 26.True or false: “preparing documents” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: staying up all night? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 28.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: guessing the time? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 29.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: no copies of marksheets? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 30.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a school ID card? (a) confirms your slot (b) proves who you are (c) shows your work (d) proves your marks
- 31.True or false: “no copies of marksheets” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 32.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: Class 12 marksheet? (a) proves your marks (b) proves who you are (c) confirms your slot (d) shows your work
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising answers aloud (b) reading about the place (c) sleeping well (d) losing the call letter
- 34.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: practising answers aloud? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 35.True or false: “not knowing the address” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 36.Which of these proves who you are? (a) a project file (b) activity certificates (c) a passport copy (d) the slot confirmation
- 37.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: zero research? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 38.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) leaving it to the day (b) reading about the place (c) not reading your résumé (d) losing the call letter
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) preparing documents (b) reading about the place (c) guessing the time (d) practising answers aloud
- 40.True or false: “checking the route” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- zero research
- good preparation
- leaving it to the day
- a day or more before
- sleep on time
- shows your work
- confirms your slot
- what it makes and sells
- sleeping well
- zero research
- knowing your résumé
- activity certificates
- no copies of marksheets
- an Aadhaar card copy
- a school ID card
- good preparation
- two or three
- good preparation
- False
- confirms your slot
- True
- losing the call letter
- checking the route
- proves who you are
- good preparation
- False
- poor preparation
- poor preparation
- poor preparation
- proves who you are
- False
- proves your marks
- losing the call letter
- good preparation
- False
- a passport copy
- poor preparation
- reading about the place
- guessing the time
- False
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