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