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