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