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