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Interview Skills Worksheet: Preparing for an Interview

Interview skills lesson 10: Preparing for an interview · Set 575 · 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.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) rumours from friends (b) guessing (c) nothing at all (d) its website, prospectus
  2. 2.True or false: “sleeping well” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping well (b) a mock interview (c) losing the call letter (d) preparing documents
  4. 4.True or false: “not knowing the address” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) knowing your résumé (b) reading about the place (c) not knowing the address (d) practising answers aloud
  6. 6.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a school ID card? (a) shows your work (b) proves who you are (c) confirms your slot (d) proves your marks
  7. 7.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a project file? (a) confirms your slot (b) proves who you are (c) shows your work (d) proves your marks
  8. 8.True or false: “checking the route” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: activity certificates? (a) proves your marks (b) proves who you are (c) confirms your slot (d) shows your work
  10. 10.Which of these shows your work? (a) an Aadhaar card copy (b) a portfolio (c) the call letter (d) a school ID card
  11. 11.🌙 The night before an interview, it is best to… (a) stay up all night (b) start preparing (c) play games late (d) sleep on time
  12. 12.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: losing the call letter? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  13. 13.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: a mock interview? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  14. 14.Which of these shows your work? (a) a project file (b) an Aadhaar card copy (c) a college transcript (d) the invitation email
  15. 15.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: leaving it to the day? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  16. 16.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) not knowing the address (b) losing the call letter (c) leaving it to the day (d) knowing your résumé
  17. 17.Which of these proves your marks? (a) a portfolio (b) Class 12 marksheet (c) a school ID card (d) activity certificates
  18. 18.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) zero research (b) guessing the time (c) staying up all night (d) preparing documents
  19. 19.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: an Aadhaar card copy? (a) confirms your slot (b) shows your work (c) proves who you are (d) proves your marks
  20. 20.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) activity certificates (b) a passport copy (c) the slot confirmation (d) Class 12 marksheet
  21. 21.True or false: “leaving it to the day” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the call letter? (a) proves who you are (b) proves your marks (c) confirms your slot (d) shows your work
  23. 23.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the slot confirmation? (a) proves who you are (b) shows your work (c) proves your marks (d) confirms your slot
  24. 24.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) practising answers aloud (b) reading about the place (c) noting questions to ask (d) staying up all night
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it to the day (b) practising answers aloud (c) zero research (d) not reading your résumé
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) preparing documents (b) a mock interview (c) knowing your résumé (d) leaving it to the day
  27. 27.True or false: “losing the call letter” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) practising answers aloud (b) zero research (c) noting questions to ask (d) knowing your résumé
  29. 29.True or false: “losing the call letter” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a college transcript? (a) proves who you are (b) proves your marks (c) confirms your slot (d) shows your work
  31. 31.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: noting questions to ask? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  32. 32.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a portfolio? (a) shows your work (b) confirms your slot (c) proves your marks (d) proves who you are
  33. 33.True or false: “leaving it to the day” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: no copies of marksheets? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing the time (b) a mock interview (c) no copies of marksheets (d) staying up all night
  36. 36.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) noting questions to ask (b) not reading your résumé (c) leaving it to the day (d) no copies of marksheets
  37. 37.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) no copies of marksheets (b) knowing your résumé (c) a mock interview (d) practising answers aloud
  38. 38.True or false: “staying up all night” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these proves your marks? (a) a school ID card (b) activity certificates (c) Class 10 marksheet (d) a portfolio
  40. 40.Which of these proves who you are? (a) Class 12 marksheet (b) an Aadhaar card copy (c) a college transcript (d) the invitation email

Answer key

  1. its website, prospectus
  2. False
  3. losing the call letter
  4. False
  5. not knowing the address
  6. proves who you are
  7. shows your work
  8. False
  9. shows your work
  10. a portfolio
  11. sleep on time
  12. poor preparation
  13. good preparation
  14. a project file
  15. poor preparation
  16. knowing your résumé
  17. Class 12 marksheet
  18. preparing documents
  19. proves who you are
  20. the slot confirmation
  21. True
  22. confirms your slot
  23. confirms your slot
  24. staying up all night
  25. practising answers aloud
  26. leaving it to the day
  27. True
  28. zero research
  29. False
  30. proves your marks
  31. good preparation
  32. shows your work
  33. False
  34. poor preparation
  35. a mock interview
  36. noting questions to ask
  37. no copies of marksheets
  38. True
  39. Class 10 marksheet
  40. an Aadhaar card copy

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