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