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 of these is poor interview preparation? (a) not knowing the address (b) knowing your résumé (c) noting questions to ask (d) preparing documents
- 2.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: checking the route? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 3.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) not reading your résumé (b) a mock interview (c) losing the call letter (d) leaving it to the day
- 4.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: noting questions to ask? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 5.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: a mock interview? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 6.🗺️ When should you check the route to the venue? (a) never (b) on the way there (c) after you are late (d) a day or more before
- 7.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) not knowing the address (b) no copies of marksheets (c) not reading your résumé (d) reading about the place
- 8.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: preparing documents? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 9.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) guessing the time (b) sleeping well (c) practising answers aloud (d) reading about the place
- 10.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not knowing the address? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 11.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) zero research (b) noting questions to ask (c) a mock interview (d) knowing your résumé
- 12.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) not knowing the address (b) zero research (c) sleeping well (d) staying up all night
- 13.True or false: “zero research” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: knowing your résumé? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 15.Which of these proves who you are? (a) Class 12 marksheet (b) a passport copy (c) the invitation email (d) Class 10 marksheet
- 16.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: activity certificates? (a) proves your marks (b) shows your work (c) confirms your slot (d) proves who you are
- 17.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: leaving it to the day? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 18.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a school ID card? (a) proves who you are (b) shows your work (c) proves your marks (d) confirms your slot
- 19.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a project file? (a) shows your work (b) confirms your slot (c) proves who you are (d) proves your marks
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading about the place (b) knowing your résumé (c) preparing documents (d) leaving it to the day
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) losing the call letter (b) leaving it to the day (c) zero research (d) checking the route
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) zero research (b) preparing documents (c) staying up all night (d) no copies of marksheets
- 23.🌙 The night before an interview, it is best to… (a) play games late (b) stay up all night (c) sleep on time (d) start preparing
- 24.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: sleeping well? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading about the place (b) no copies of marksheets (c) not knowing the address (d) not reading your résumé
- 26.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) practising answers aloud (b) not reading your résumé (c) zero research (d) losing the call letter
- 27.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a college transcript? (a) proves who you are (b) confirms your slot (c) proves your marks (d) shows your work
- 28.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) only on your phone (b) none (c) exactly fifty (d) two or three
- 29.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the slot confirmation? (a) proves your marks (b) proves who you are (c) confirms your slot (d) shows your work
- 30.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) activity certificates (b) a school ID card (c) the invitation email (d) a portfolio
- 31.True or false: “guessing the time” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 32.Which of these proves your marks? (a) a passport copy (b) an Aadhaar card copy (c) Class 10 marksheet (d) a school ID card
- 33.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) Class 12 marksheet (b) a portfolio (c) activity certificates (d) the slot confirmation
- 34.True or false: “knowing your résumé” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 35.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a portfolio? (a) proves your marks (b) proves who you are (c) confirms your slot (d) shows your work
- 36.True or false: “staying up all night” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 37.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the invitation email? (a) shows your work (b) proves who you are (c) confirms your slot (d) proves your marks
- 38.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) sleeping well (b) knowing your résumé (c) practising answers aloud (d) not reading your résumé
- 39.True or false: “not reading your résumé” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) preparing documents (b) practising answers aloud (c) reading about the place (d) no copies of marksheets
Answer key
- not knowing the address
- good preparation
- a mock interview
- good preparation
- good preparation
- a day or more before
- reading about the place
- good preparation
- guessing the time
- poor preparation
- zero research
- sleeping well
- False
- good preparation
- a passport copy
- shows your work
- poor preparation
- proves who you are
- shows your work
- leaving it to the day
- checking the route
- preparing documents
- sleep on time
- good preparation
- reading about the place
- practising answers aloud
- proves your marks
- two or three
- confirms your slot
- the invitation email
- True
- Class 10 marksheet
- the slot confirmation
- False
- shows your work
- False
- confirms your slot
- not reading your résumé
- True
- no copies of marksheets
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