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 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.True or false: “sleeping well” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping well (b) a mock interview (c) losing the call letter (d) preparing documents
- 4.True or false: “not knowing the address” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 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.📁 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.📁 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.True or false: “checking the route” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 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.Which of these shows your work? (a) an Aadhaar card copy (b) a portfolio (c) the call letter (d) a school ID card
- 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: losing the call letter? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 13.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: a mock interview? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: leaving it to the day? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 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.Which of these proves your marks? (a) a portfolio (b) Class 12 marksheet (c) a school ID card (d) activity certificates
- 18.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) zero research (b) guessing the time (c) staying up all night (d) preparing documents
- 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.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) activity certificates (b) a passport copy (c) the slot confirmation (d) Class 12 marksheet
- 21.True or false: “leaving it to the day” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 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.📁 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.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.🔍 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) preparing documents (b) a mock interview (c) knowing your résumé (d) leaving it to the day
- 27.True or false: “losing the call letter” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 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.True or false: “losing the call letter” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: noting questions to ask? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 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.True or false: “leaving it to the day” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: no copies of marksheets? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 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.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.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.True or false: “staying up all night” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 39.Which of these proves your marks? (a) a school ID card (b) activity certificates (c) Class 10 marksheet (d) a portfolio
- 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
- its website, prospectus
- False
- losing the call letter
- False
- not knowing the address
- proves who you are
- shows your work
- False
- shows your work
- a portfolio
- sleep on time
- poor preparation
- good preparation
- a project file
- poor preparation
- knowing your résumé
- Class 12 marksheet
- preparing documents
- proves who you are
- the slot confirmation
- True
- confirms your slot
- confirms your slot
- staying up all night
- practising answers aloud
- leaving it to the day
- True
- zero research
- False
- proves your marks
- good preparation
- shows your work
- False
- poor preparation
- a mock interview
- noting questions to ask
- no copies of marksheets
- True
- Class 10 marksheet
- an Aadhaar card copy
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