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