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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: staying up all night? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 2.🧁 Before an interview at a bakery, what should you find out? (a) nothing at all (b) what it makes and sells (c) its rivals’ secrets (d) the owner’s address
- 3.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) nothing at all (b) its website, prospectus (c) rumours from friends (d) guessing
- 4.Which of these proves who you are? (a) a college transcript (b) the call letter (c) activity certificates (d) an Aadhaar card copy
- 5.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: guessing the time? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 6.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: checking the route? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 7.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) losing the call letter (b) noting questions to ask (c) sleeping well (d) practising answers aloud
- 8.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) a project file (b) a portfolio (c) the call letter (d) a college transcript
- 9.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: practising answers aloud? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 10.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) a school ID card (b) the invitation email (c) an Aadhaar card copy (d) Class 12 marksheet
- 11.Which of these proves your marks? (a) a school ID card (b) activity certificates (c) an Aadhaar card copy (d) a college transcript
- 12.True or false: “checking the route” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 13.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a college transcript? (a) proves who you are (b) proves your marks (c) shows your work (d) confirms your slot
- 14.True or false: “preparing documents” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 15.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) a mock interview (b) not reading your résumé (c) not knowing the address (d) losing the call letter
- 16.🌙 The night before an interview, it is best to… (a) stay up all night (b) start preparing (c) play games late (d) sleep on time
- 17.Which of these proves your marks? (a) Class 12 marksheet (b) an Aadhaar card copy (c) a school ID card (d) a passport copy
- 18.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) loose in your bag (b) in one neat folder (c) in your pocket (d) at home
- 19.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: a mock interview? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 20.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a project file? (a) proves who you are (b) shows your work (c) confirms your slot (d) proves your marks
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping well (b) knowing your résumé (c) not knowing the address (d) reading about the place
- 22.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: preparing documents? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying up all night (b) not reading your résumé (c) leaving it to the day (d) knowing your résumé
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising answers aloud (b) noting questions to ask (c) knowing your résumé (d) guessing the time
- 26.Which of these proves who you are? (a) activity certificates (b) the call letter (c) Class 10 marksheet (d) a passport copy
- 27.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a school ID card? (a) shows your work (b) proves your marks (c) proves who you are (d) confirms your slot
- 28.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 29.📁 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
- 30.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: knowing your résumé? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing the time (b) staying up all night (c) no copies of marksheets (d) a mock interview
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting questions to ask (b) a mock interview (c) leaving it to the day (d) practising answers aloud
- 33.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) no copies of marksheets (b) a mock interview (c) reading about the place (d) checking the route
- 34.True or false: “leaving it to the day” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 35.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) leaving it to the day (b) noting questions to ask (c) no copies of marksheets (d) guessing the time
- 36.True or false: “guessing the time” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 37.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) practising answers aloud (b) zero research (c) not knowing the address (d) staying up all night
- 38.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 39.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) reading about the place (b) leaving it to the day (c) a mock interview (d) knowing your résumé
- 40.True or false: “a mock interview” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- poor preparation
- what it makes and sells
- its website, prospectus
- an Aadhaar card copy
- poor preparation
- good preparation
- losing the call letter
- the call letter
- good preparation
- the invitation email
- a college transcript
- False
- proves your marks
- True
- a mock interview
- sleep on time
- Class 12 marksheet
- in one neat folder
- good preparation
- shows your work
- not knowing the address
- True
- good preparation
- knowing your résumé
- guessing the time
- a passport copy
- proves who you are
- good preparation
- shows your work
- good preparation
- a mock interview
- leaving it to the day
- no copies of marksheets
- False
- noting questions to ask
- True
- practising answers aloud
- False
- leaving it to the day
- False
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