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) zero research (c) a mock interview (d) knowing your résumé
- 2.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) practising answers aloud (b) noting questions to ask (c) reading about the place (d) not reading your résumé
- 3.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: checking the route? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 4.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) no copies of marksheets (b) leaving it to the day (c) zero research (d) reading about the place
- 5.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the invitation email? (a) confirms your slot (b) proves your marks (c) proves who you are (d) shows your work
- 6.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: sleeping well? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 7.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: losing the call letter? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 8.Which of these proves who you are? (a) Class 12 marksheet (b) a portfolio (c) a passport copy (d) a project file
- 9.🔎 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
- 10.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 11.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) leaving it to the day (b) preparing documents (c) staying up all night (d) not reading your résumé
- 12.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) sleeping well (b) practising answers aloud (c) guessing the time (d) a mock interview
- 13.🌙 The night before an interview, it is best to… (a) stay up all night (b) sleep on time (c) start preparing (d) play games late
- 14.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: practising answers aloud? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) preparing documents (b) practising answers aloud (c) noting questions to ask (d) not reading your résumé
- 16.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) a mock interview (b) reading about the place (c) practising answers aloud (d) losing the call letter
- 17.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) a passport copy (b) the call letter (c) a school ID card (d) an Aadhaar card copy
- 18.🎭 What is a mock interview? (a) a fake job offer (b) a joke interview (c) a written test (d) a practice interview
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting questions to ask (b) zero research (c) guessing the time (d) no copies of marksheets
- 20.True or false: “checking the route” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping well (b) leaving it to the day (c) reading about the place (d) preparing documents
- 22.True or false: “not knowing the address” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) knowing your résumé (b) a mock interview (c) no copies of marksheets (d) reading about the place
- 24.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) two or three (b) only on your phone (c) none (d) exactly fifty
- 25.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: Class 12 marksheet? (a) proves who you are (b) confirms your slot (c) shows your work (d) proves your marks
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it to the day (b) a mock interview (c) zero research (d) guessing the time
- 27.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) Class 10 marksheet (b) the slot confirmation (c) a college transcript (d) an Aadhaar card copy
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping well (b) guessing the time (c) a mock interview (d) noting questions to ask
- 29.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) preparing documents (b) no copies of marksheets (c) a mock interview (d) reading about the place
- 30.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) reading about the place (b) knowing your résumé (c) noting questions to ask (d) staying up all night
- 31.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: an Aadhaar card copy? (a) shows your work (b) confirms your slot (c) proves who you are (d) proves your marks
- 32.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a college transcript? (a) proves your marks (b) shows your work (c) confirms your slot (d) proves who you are
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it to the day (b) no copies of marksheets (c) preparing documents (d) zero research
- 34.True or false: “preparing documents” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 35.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a project file? (a) proves your marks (b) proves who you are (c) shows your work (d) confirms your slot
- 36.True or false: “guessing the time” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: “zero research” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying up all night (b) not knowing the address (c) reading about the place (d) guessing the time
- 39.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the call letter? (a) proves who you are (b) shows your work (c) proves your marks (d) confirms your slot
- 40.True or false: “guessing the time” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- zero research
- not reading your résumé
- good preparation
- reading about the place
- confirms your slot
- good preparation
- poor preparation
- a passport copy
- its website, prospectus
- True
- preparing documents
- guessing the time
- sleep on time
- good preparation
- not reading your résumé
- losing the call letter
- the call letter
- a practice interview
- noting questions to ask
- False
- leaving it to the day
- False
- no copies of marksheets
- two or three
- proves your marks
- a mock interview
- the slot confirmation
- guessing the time
- no copies of marksheets
- staying up all night
- proves who you are
- proves your marks
- preparing documents
- False
- shows your work
- True
- True
- reading about the place
- confirms your slot
- False
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