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Interview Skills Worksheet: Preparing for an Interview

Interview skills lesson 10: Preparing for an interview · Set 60 · 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 of these is poor interview preparation? (a) reading about the place (b) zero research (c) a mock interview (d) knowing your résumé
  2. 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. 3.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: checking the route? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  4. 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. 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. 6.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: sleeping well? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  7. 7.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: losing the call letter? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  8. 8.Which of these proves who you are? (a) Class 12 marksheet (b) a portfolio (c) a passport copy (d) a project file
  9. 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. 10.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  11. 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. 12.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) sleeping well (b) practising answers aloud (c) guessing the time (d) a mock interview
  13. 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. 14.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: practising answers aloud? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  15. 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. 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. 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. 18.🎭 What is a mock interview? (a) a fake job offer (b) a joke interview (c) a written test (d) a practice interview
  19. 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. 20.True or false: “checking the route” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  21. 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. 22.True or false: “not knowing the address” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  23. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping well (b) guessing the time (c) a mock interview (d) noting questions to ask
  29. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 34.True or false: “preparing documents” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  35. 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. 36.True or false: “guessing the time” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “zero research” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  38. 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. 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. 40.True or false: “guessing the time” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. zero research
  2. not reading your résumé
  3. good preparation
  4. reading about the place
  5. confirms your slot
  6. good preparation
  7. poor preparation
  8. a passport copy
  9. its website, prospectus
  10. True
  11. preparing documents
  12. guessing the time
  13. sleep on time
  14. good preparation
  15. not reading your résumé
  16. losing the call letter
  17. the call letter
  18. a practice interview
  19. noting questions to ask
  20. False
  21. leaving it to the day
  22. False
  23. no copies of marksheets
  24. two or three
  25. proves your marks
  26. a mock interview
  27. the slot confirmation
  28. guessing the time
  29. no copies of marksheets
  30. staying up all night
  31. proves who you are
  32. proves your marks
  33. preparing documents
  34. False
  35. shows your work
  36. True
  37. True
  38. reading about the place
  39. confirms your slot
  40. False

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