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Interview Skills Worksheet: Preparing for an Interview

Interview skills lesson 10: Preparing for an interview · Set 541 · 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 is good interview preparation? (a) leaving it to the day (b) staying up all night (c) reading about the place (d) guessing the time
  2. 2.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: practising answers aloud? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  3. 3.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: an Aadhaar card copy? (a) shows your work (b) proves your marks (c) confirms your slot (d) proves who you are
  4. 4.🧁 Before an interview at a bakery, what should you find out? (a) nothing at all (b) what it makes and sells (c) the owner’s address (d) its rivals’ secrets
  5. 5.🌙 The night before an interview, it is best to… (a) sleep on time (b) play games late (c) stay up all night (d) start preparing
  6. 6.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a college transcript? (a) confirms your slot (b) proves who you are (c) shows your work (d) proves your marks
  7. 7.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: activity certificates? (a) shows your work (b) proves your marks (c) proves who you are (d) confirms your slot
  8. 8.Which of these proves your marks? (a) activity certificates (b) Class 10 marksheet (c) a school ID card (d) a project file
  9. 9.📁 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
  10. 10.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) practising answers aloud (b) guessing the time (c) leaving it to the day (d) staying up all night
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising answers aloud (b) a mock interview (c) knowing your résumé (d) guessing the time
  12. 12.🗺️ When should you check the route to the venue? (a) never (b) after you are late (c) on the way there (d) a day or more before
  13. 13.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  14. 14.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: noting questions to ask? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  15. 15.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the slot confirmation? (a) proves who you are (b) proves your marks (c) shows your work (d) confirms your slot
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not knowing the address (b) preparing documents (c) guessing the time (d) zero research
  17. 17.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: checking the route? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  18. 18.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: staying up all night? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no copies of marksheets (b) guessing the time (c) not reading your résumé (d) knowing your résumé
  20. 20.Which of these proves who you are? (a) the call letter (b) the slot confirmation (c) Class 12 marksheet (d) an Aadhaar card copy
  21. 21.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) rumours from friends (b) guessing (c) its website, prospectus (d) nothing at all
  22. 22.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) preparing documents (b) a mock interview (c) checking the route (d) not reading your résumé
  23. 23.Which of these proves who you are? (a) a project file (b) activity certificates (c) the slot confirmation (d) a passport copy
  24. 24.True or false: “zero research” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) staying up all night (b) preparing documents (c) noting questions to ask (d) sleeping well
  26. 26.True or false: “preparing documents” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it to the day (b) guessing the time (c) reading about the place (d) losing the call letter
  28. 28.True or false: “not knowing the address” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mock interview (b) not reading your résumé (c) leaving it to the day (d) zero research
  30. 30.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: sleeping well? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading about the place (b) sleeping well (c) checking the route (d) no copies of marksheets
  32. 32.True or false: “sleeping well” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) zero research (b) a mock interview (c) staying up all night (d) guessing the time
  34. 34.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) no copies of marksheets (b) leaving it to the day (c) zero research (d) knowing your résumé
  36. 36.True or false: “not knowing the address” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not reading your résumé (b) practising answers aloud (c) checking the route (d) preparing documents
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading about the place (b) practising answers aloud (c) knowing your résumé (d) leaving it to the day
  39. 39.True or false: “checking the route” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) in your pocket (b) loose in your bag (c) in one neat folder (d) at home

Answer key

  1. reading about the place
  2. good preparation
  3. proves who you are
  4. what it makes and sells
  5. sleep on time
  6. proves your marks
  7. shows your work
  8. Class 10 marksheet
  9. proves who you are
  10. practising answers aloud
  11. guessing the time
  12. a day or more before
  13. good preparation
  14. good preparation
  15. confirms your slot
  16. preparing documents
  17. good preparation
  18. poor preparation
  19. knowing your résumé
  20. an Aadhaar card copy
  21. its website, prospectus
  22. not reading your résumé
  23. a passport copy
  24. True
  25. staying up all night
  26. True
  27. reading about the place
  28. True
  29. a mock interview
  30. good preparation
  31. no copies of marksheets
  32. True
  33. a mock interview
  34. True
  35. knowing your résumé
  36. False
  37. not reading your résumé
  38. leaving it to the day
  39. True
  40. in one neat folder

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