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Interview Skills Worksheet: Preparing for an Interview

Interview skills lesson 10: Preparing for an interview · Set 581 · 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 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. 2.True or false: “reading about the place” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not reading your résumé (b) guessing the time (c) noting questions to ask (d) not knowing the address
  4. 4.True or false: “a mock interview” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: “checking the route” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) in your pocket (b) in one neat folder (c) loose in your bag (d) at home
  7. 7.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: activity certificates? (a) shows your work (b) proves who you are (c) proves your marks (d) confirms your slot
  8. 8.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: preparing documents? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the route (b) practising answers aloud (c) leaving it to the day (d) knowing your résumé
  10. 10.True or false: “no copies of marksheets” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting questions to ask (b) not reading your résumé (c) practising answers aloud (d) preparing documents
  12. 12.Which of these proves who you are? (a) an Aadhaar card copy (b) a project file (c) activity certificates (d) the call letter
  13. 13.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: no copies of marksheets? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  14. 14.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: losing the call letter? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  15. 15.True or false: “checking the route” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “staying up all night” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these proves your marks? (a) the slot confirmation (b) Class 12 marksheet (c) activity certificates (d) an Aadhaar card copy
  18. 18.True or false: “knowing your résumé” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these shows your work? (a) activity certificates (b) the call letter (c) Class 10 marksheet (d) a passport copy
  20. 20.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: Class 10 marksheet? (a) proves who you are (b) shows your work (c) proves your marks (d) confirms your slot
  21. 21.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: an Aadhaar card copy? (a) confirms your slot (b) proves who you are (c) shows your work (d) proves your marks
  22. 22.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) not reading your résumé (b) leaving it to the day (c) noting questions to ask (d) not knowing the address
  23. 23.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) reading about the place (b) preparing documents (c) checking the route (d) staying up all night
  24. 24.True or false: “losing the call letter” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these shows your work? (a) a school ID card (b) a project file (c) Class 10 marksheet (d) the slot confirmation
  26. 26.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) noting questions to ask (b) checking the route (c) no copies of marksheets (d) preparing documents
  27. 27.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) losing the call letter (b) practising answers aloud (c) leaving it to the day (d) staying up all night
  28. 28.🧁 Before an interview at a bakery, what should you find out? (a) nothing at all (b) its rivals’ secrets (c) the owner’s address (d) what it makes and sells
  29. 29.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: guessing the time? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  30. 30.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a portfolio? (a) shows your work (b) proves your marks (c) proves who you are (d) confirms your slot
  31. 31.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: practising answers aloud? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  32. 32.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: Class 12 marksheet? (a) proves your marks (b) shows your work (c) proves who you are (d) confirms your slot
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it to the day (b) zero research (c) reading about the place (d) not reading your résumé
  34. 34.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: zero research? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  35. 35.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) reading about the place (b) a mock interview (c) checking the route (d) not reading your résumé
  36. 36.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) exactly fifty (b) only on your phone (c) two or three (d) none
  37. 37.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) leaving it to the day (b) guessing the time (c) not knowing the address (d) knowing your résumé
  38. 38.True or false: “no copies of marksheets” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) its website, prospectus (b) rumours from friends (c) guessing (d) nothing at all
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing the time (b) knowing your résumé (c) losing the call letter (d) leaving it to the day

Answer key

  1. proves who you are
  2. False
  3. noting questions to ask
  4. True
  5. False
  6. in one neat folder
  7. shows your work
  8. good preparation
  9. leaving it to the day
  10. True
  11. not reading your résumé
  12. an Aadhaar card copy
  13. poor preparation
  14. poor preparation
  15. True
  16. False
  17. Class 12 marksheet
  18. True
  19. activity certificates
  20. proves your marks
  21. proves who you are
  22. noting questions to ask
  23. staying up all night
  24. False
  25. a project file
  26. no copies of marksheets
  27. practising answers aloud
  28. what it makes and sells
  29. poor preparation
  30. shows your work
  31. good preparation
  32. proves your marks
  33. reading about the place
  34. poor preparation
  35. not reading your résumé
  36. two or three
  37. knowing your résumé
  38. False
  39. its website, prospectus
  40. knowing your résumé

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