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Interview Skills Worksheet: Preparing for an Interview

Interview skills lesson 10: Preparing for an interview · Set 661 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: staying up all night? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  2. 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. 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. 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. 5.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: guessing the time? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  6. 6.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: checking the route? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  7. 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. 8.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) a project file (b) a portfolio (c) the call letter (d) a college transcript
  9. 9.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: practising answers aloud? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  10. 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. 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. 12.True or false: “checking the route” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  13. 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. 14.True or false: “preparing documents” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  15. 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. 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. 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. 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. 19.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: a mock interview? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  20. 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. 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. 22.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: preparing documents? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  24. 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. 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. 26.Which of these proves who you are? (a) activity certificates (b) the call letter (c) Class 10 marksheet (d) a passport copy
  27. 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. 28.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: reading about the place? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  29. 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. 30.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: knowing your résumé? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  31. 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. 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. 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. 34.True or false: “leaving it to the day” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  35. 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. 36.True or false: “guessing the time” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  37. 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. 38.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  39. 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. 40.True or false: “a mock interview” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. poor preparation
  2. what it makes and sells
  3. its website, prospectus
  4. an Aadhaar card copy
  5. poor preparation
  6. good preparation
  7. losing the call letter
  8. the call letter
  9. good preparation
  10. the invitation email
  11. a college transcript
  12. False
  13. proves your marks
  14. True
  15. a mock interview
  16. sleep on time
  17. Class 12 marksheet
  18. in one neat folder
  19. good preparation
  20. shows your work
  21. not knowing the address
  22. True
  23. good preparation
  24. knowing your résumé
  25. guessing the time
  26. a passport copy
  27. proves who you are
  28. good preparation
  29. shows your work
  30. good preparation
  31. a mock interview
  32. leaving it to the day
  33. no copies of marksheets
  34. False
  35. noting questions to ask
  36. True
  37. practising answers aloud
  38. False
  39. leaving it to the day
  40. False

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