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Interview Skills Worksheet: Preparing for an Interview

Interview skills lesson 10: Preparing for an interview · Set 596 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not reading your résumé (b) practising answers aloud (c) a mock interview (d) knowing your résumé
  2. 2.🎭 What is a mock interview? (a) a fake job offer (b) a written test (c) a joke interview (d) a practice interview
  3. 3.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: practising answers aloud? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  4. 4.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) preparing documents (b) not reading your résumé (c) losing the call letter (d) zero research
  5. 5.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) knowing your résumé (b) sleeping well (c) staying up all night (d) reading about the place
  6. 6.🌙 The night before an interview, it is best to… (a) play games late (b) start preparing (c) stay up all night (d) sleep on time
  7. 7.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: guessing the time? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  8. 8.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: no copies of marksheets? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  9. 9.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) a portfolio (b) the call letter (c) a passport copy (d) a school ID card
  10. 10.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: sleeping well? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  11. 11.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) zero research (b) not reading your résumé (c) staying up all night (d) knowing your résumé
  13. 13.True or false: “leaving it to the day” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) staying up all night (b) a mock interview (c) leaving it to the day (d) not knowing the address
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying up all night (b) not reading your résumé (c) checking the route (d) zero research
  16. 16.Which of these proves who you are? (a) the slot confirmation (b) Class 10 marksheet (c) a passport copy (d) the call letter
  17. 17.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a college transcript? (a) confirms your slot (b) proves your marks (c) proves who you are (d) shows your work
  18. 18.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) in one neat folder (b) in your pocket (c) loose in your bag (d) at home
  19. 19.True or false: “losing the call letter” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a passport copy? (a) confirms your slot (b) shows your work (c) proves your marks (d) proves who you are
  21. 21.Which of these proves who you are? (a) the call letter (b) the slot confirmation (c) an Aadhaar card copy (d) Class 12 marksheet
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping well (b) guessing the time (c) not knowing the address (d) not reading your résumé
  23. 23.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: activity certificates? (a) confirms your slot (b) shows your work (c) proves who you are (d) proves your marks
  24. 24.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) practising answers aloud (b) a mock interview (c) checking the route (d) not knowing the address
  25. 25.True or false: “preparing documents” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) losing the call letter (b) staying up all night (c) not reading your résumé (d) noting questions to ask
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading about the place (b) knowing your résumé (c) noting questions to ask (d) no copies of marksheets
  28. 28.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) reading about the place (b) zero research (c) checking the route (d) knowing your résumé
  29. 29.True or false: “guessing the time” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading about the place (b) guessing the time (c) a mock interview (d) preparing documents
  31. 31.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not knowing the address? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  32. 32.Which of these shows your work? (a) a school ID card (b) Class 10 marksheet (c) a portfolio (d) the invitation email
  33. 33.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) knowing your résumé (b) preparing documents (c) a mock interview (d) losing the call letter
  34. 34.🧁 Before an interview at a bakery, what should you find out? (a) its rivals’ secrets (b) what it makes and sells (c) nothing at all (d) the owner’s address
  35. 35.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) its website, prospectus (b) guessing (c) rumours from friends (d) nothing at all
  36. 36.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) leaving it to the day (b) knowing your résumé (c) sleeping well (d) noting questions to ask
  37. 37.True or false: “reading about the place” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these shows your work? (a) a passport copy (b) the invitation email (c) the call letter (d) activity certificates
  39. 39.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “a mock interview” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. not reading your résumé
  2. a practice interview
  3. good preparation
  4. preparing documents
  5. staying up all night
  6. sleep on time
  7. poor preparation
  8. poor preparation
  9. the call letter
  10. good preparation
  11. good preparation
  12. knowing your résumé
  13. False
  14. a mock interview
  15. checking the route
  16. a passport copy
  17. proves your marks
  18. in one neat folder
  19. False
  20. proves who you are
  21. an Aadhaar card copy
  22. sleeping well
  23. shows your work
  24. not knowing the address
  25. False
  26. noting questions to ask
  27. no copies of marksheets
  28. zero research
  29. False
  30. guessing the time
  31. poor preparation
  32. a portfolio
  33. losing the call letter
  34. what it makes and sells
  35. its website, prospectus
  36. leaving it to the day
  37. True
  38. activity certificates
  39. True
  40. False

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