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Interview Skills Worksheet: Preparing for an Interview

Interview skills lesson 10: Preparing for an interview · Set 574 · 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.True or false: “not knowing the address” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧁 Before an interview at a bakery, what should you find out? (a) the owner’s address (b) its rivals’ secrets (c) what it makes and sells (d) nothing at all
  3. 3.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) exactly fifty (b) none (c) only on your phone (d) two or three
  4. 4.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) not reading your résumé (b) no copies of marksheets (c) checking the route (d) leaving it to the day
  5. 5.True or false: “zero research” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these proves who you are? (a) a college transcript (b) the invitation email (c) a passport copy (d) the call letter
  7. 7.True or false: “not reading your résumé” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) guessing (b) rumours from friends (c) its website, prospectus (d) nothing at all
  9. 9.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) reading about the place (b) staying up all night (c) leaving it to the day (d) zero research
  10. 10.📁 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
  11. 11.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: losing the call letter? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  12. 12.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) Class 12 marksheet (b) a portfolio (c) the invitation email (d) a passport copy
  13. 13.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a passport copy? (a) shows your work (b) proves who you are (c) proves your marks (d) confirms your slot
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying up all night (b) checking the route (c) leaving it to the day (d) zero research
  15. 15.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the call letter? (a) proves your marks (b) shows your work (c) confirms your slot (d) proves who you are
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) preparing documents (b) not reading your résumé (c) zero research (d) leaving it to the day
  17. 17.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: staying up all night? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  18. 18.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: preparing documents? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  19. 19.📁 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
  20. 20.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: Class 12 marksheet? (a) confirms your slot (b) proves who you are (c) shows your work (d) proves your marks
  21. 21.Which of these shows your work? (a) the call letter (b) Class 12 marksheet (c) a portfolio (d) a college transcript
  22. 22.True or false: “preparing documents” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) in your pocket (b) in one neat folder (c) loose in your bag (d) at home
  24. 24.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) a school ID card (b) the slot confirmation (c) an Aadhaar card copy (d) a college transcript
  25. 25.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: Class 10 marksheet? (a) confirms your slot (b) shows your work (c) proves your marks (d) proves who you are
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not knowing the address (b) practising answers aloud (c) staying up all night (d) guessing the time
  27. 27.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) checking the route (b) reading about the place (c) preparing documents (d) staying up all night
  28. 28.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: checking the route? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mock interview (b) not reading your résumé (c) noting questions to ask (d) preparing documents
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying up all night (b) guessing the time (c) losing the call letter (d) a mock interview
  31. 31.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: leaving it to the day? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  32. 32.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) zero research (b) no copies of marksheets (c) a mock interview (d) losing the call letter
  33. 33.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) noting questions to ask (b) checking the route (c) practising answers aloud (d) guessing the time
  34. 34.True or false: “reading about the place” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) zero research (b) a mock interview (c) preparing documents (d) reading about the place
  36. 36.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎭 What is a mock interview? (a) a practice interview (b) a written test (c) a fake job offer (d) a joke interview
  38. 38.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: noting questions to ask? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  39. 39.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) leaving it to the day (b) noting questions to ask (c) knowing your résumé (d) reading about the place
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) knowing your résumé (b) sleeping well (c) reading about the place (d) staying up all night

Answer key

  1. True
  2. what it makes and sells
  3. two or three
  4. checking the route
  5. True
  6. a passport copy
  7. False
  8. its website, prospectus
  9. reading about the place
  10. shows your work
  11. poor preparation
  12. the invitation email
  13. proves who you are
  14. checking the route
  15. confirms your slot
  16. preparing documents
  17. poor preparation
  18. good preparation
  19. confirms your slot
  20. proves your marks
  21. a portfolio
  22. False
  23. in one neat folder
  24. the slot confirmation
  25. proves your marks
  26. practising answers aloud
  27. staying up all night
  28. good preparation
  29. not reading your résumé
  30. a mock interview
  31. poor preparation
  32. a mock interview
  33. guessing the time
  34. False
  35. zero research
  36. True
  37. a practice interview
  38. good preparation
  39. leaving it to the day
  40. staying up all night

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