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