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 is the odd one out? (a) knowing your résumé (b) noting questions to ask (c) checking the route (d) not knowing the address
- 2.True or false: “preparing documents” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 3.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping well (b) leaving it to the day (c) no copies of marksheets (d) zero research
- 5.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) noting questions to ask (b) guessing the time (c) leaving it to the day (d) not reading your résumé
- 6.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 7.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) noting questions to ask (b) reading about the place (c) leaving it to the day (d) checking the route
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting questions to ask (b) knowing your résumé (c) practising answers aloud (d) leaving it to the day
- 9.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: sleeping well? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 10.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: preparing documents? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 11.🗺️ When should you check the route to the venue? (a) a day or more before (b) on the way there (c) never (d) after you are late
- 12.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) in your pocket (b) loose in your bag (c) at home (d) in one neat folder
- 13.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) preparing documents (b) not knowing the address (c) guessing the time (d) losing the call letter
- 14.Which of these proves who you are? (a) the invitation email (b) activity certificates (c) a school ID card (d) Class 10 marksheet
- 15.🌙 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
- 16.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: checking the route? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 17.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not reading your résumé? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 18.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) none (b) only on your phone (c) exactly fifty (d) two or three
- 19.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: no copies of marksheets? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 20.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) sleeping well (b) knowing your résumé (c) staying up all night (d) checking the route
- 21.True or false: “sleeping well” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 22.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: Class 10 marksheet? (a) proves who you are (b) proves your marks (c) confirms your slot (d) shows your work
- 23.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a project file? (a) proves who you are (b) shows your work (c) proves your marks (d) confirms your slot
- 24.True or false: “a mock interview” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 25.Which of these shows your work? (a) a project file (b) a school ID card (c) the call letter (d) an Aadhaar card copy
- 26.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a school ID card? (a) confirms your slot (b) shows your work (c) proves your marks (d) proves who you are
- 27.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 28.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a portfolio? (a) confirms your slot (b) proves your marks (c) proves who you are (d) shows your work
- 29.📁 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
- 30.True or false: “reading about the place” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: practising answers aloud? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying up all night (b) checking the route (c) no copies of marksheets (d) losing the call letter
- 33.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) zero research (b) leaving it to the day (c) a mock interview (d) staying up all night
- 34.🎭 What is a mock interview? (a) a fake job offer (b) a written test (c) a joke interview (d) a practice interview
- 35.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: Class 12 marksheet? (a) proves who you are (b) shows your work (c) confirms your slot (d) proves your marks
- 36.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) nothing at all (b) rumours from friends (c) guessing (d) its website, prospectus
- 37.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) knowing your résumé (b) zero research (c) guessing the time (d) no copies of marksheets
- 38.True or false: “not reading your résumé” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 40.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) zero research (b) reading about the place (c) not knowing the address (d) staying up all night
Answer key
- not knowing the address
- False
- False
- sleeping well
- noting questions to ask
- good preparation
- leaving it to the day
- leaving it to the day
- good preparation
- good preparation
- a day or more before
- in one neat folder
- preparing documents
- a school ID card
- sleep on time
- good preparation
- poor preparation
- two or three
- poor preparation
- staying up all night
- True
- proves your marks
- shows your work
- False
- a project file
- proves who you are
- True
- shows your work
- proves who you are
- True
- good preparation
- checking the route
- a mock interview
- a practice interview
- proves your marks
- its website, prospectus
- knowing your résumé
- True
- True
- reading about the place
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