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.True or false: “losing the call letter” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 2.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a college transcript? (a) shows your work (b) proves who you are (c) confirms your slot (d) proves your marks
- 3.🌙 The night before an interview, it is best to… (a) start preparing (b) stay up all night (c) play games late (d) sleep on time
- 4.🗺️ When should you check the route to the venue? (a) on the way there (b) after you are late (c) a day or more before (d) never
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it to the day (b) zero research (c) preparing documents (d) losing the call letter
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not knowing the address (b) not reading your résumé (c) leaving it to the day (d) checking the route
- 7.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) checking the route (b) losing the call letter (c) knowing your résumé (d) practising answers aloud
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) knowing your résumé (b) sleeping well (c) staying up all night (d) noting questions to ask
- 9.True or false: “reading about the place” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 10.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) none (b) two or three (c) only on your phone (d) exactly fifty
- 11.Which of these shows your work? (a) a school ID card (b) a college transcript (c) a portfolio (d) Class 10 marksheet
- 12.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a portfolio? (a) proves who you are (b) proves your marks (c) shows your work (d) confirms your slot
- 13.Which of these proves who you are? (a) a project file (b) Class 10 marksheet (c) a college transcript (d) an Aadhaar card copy
- 14.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) reading about the place (b) practising answers aloud (c) sleeping well (d) leaving it to the day
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading about the place (b) practising answers aloud (c) not reading your résumé (d) checking the route
- 16.Which of these proves who you are? (a) a passport copy (b) a portfolio (c) Class 10 marksheet (d) a project file
- 17.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: no copies of marksheets? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 18.True or false: “zero research” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 19.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: an Aadhaar card copy? (a) confirms your slot (b) proves your marks (c) shows your work (d) proves who you are
- 20.🧁 Before an interview at a bakery, what should you find out? (a) what it makes and sells (b) its rivals’ secrets (c) the owner’s address (d) nothing at all
- 21.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: noting questions to ask? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 22.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not reading your résumé? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 23.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: Class 12 marksheet? (a) shows your work (b) confirms your slot (c) proves who you are (d) proves your marks
- 24.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) at home (b) in your pocket (c) loose in your bag (d) in one neat folder
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not knowing the address (b) guessing the time (c) sleeping well (d) losing the call letter
- 26.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) its website, prospectus (b) nothing at all (c) guessing (d) rumours from friends
- 27.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) checking the route (b) guessing the time (c) zero research (d) leaving it to the day
- 28.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) activity certificates (b) Class 12 marksheet (c) a portfolio (d) the call letter
- 29.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not knowing the address? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 30.True or false: “not reading your résumé” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) losing the call letter (b) no copies of marksheets (c) guessing the time (d) noting questions to ask
- 32.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) checking the route (b) staying up all night (c) noting questions to ask (d) preparing documents
- 33.True or false: “no copies of marksheets” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 34.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a school ID card? (a) shows your work (b) confirms your slot (c) proves your marks (d) proves who you are
- 35.Which of these shows your work? (a) the slot confirmation (b) an Aadhaar card copy (c) a project file (d) a passport copy
- 36.True or false: “not reading your résumé” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 37.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) not knowing the address (b) not reading your résumé (c) knowing your résumé (d) losing the call letter
- 38.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) leaving it to the day (b) guessing the time (c) no copies of marksheets (d) preparing documents
- 39.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) checking the route (b) not knowing the address (c) knowing your résumé (d) practising answers aloud
- 40.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: activity certificates? (a) proves who you are (b) proves your marks (c) shows your work (d) confirms your slot
Answer key
- False
- proves your marks
- sleep on time
- a day or more before
- preparing documents
- checking the route
- losing the call letter
- staying up all night
- False
- two or three
- a portfolio
- shows your work
- an Aadhaar card copy
- leaving it to the day
- not reading your résumé
- a passport copy
- poor preparation
- False
- proves who you are
- what it makes and sells
- good preparation
- poor preparation
- proves your marks
- in one neat folder
- sleeping well
- its website, prospectus
- checking the route
- the call letter
- poor preparation
- False
- noting questions to ask
- staying up all night
- True
- proves who you are
- a project file
- True
- knowing your résumé
- preparing documents
- not knowing the address
- shows your work
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