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: a mock interview? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 2.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) zero research (b) leaving it to the day (c) sleeping well (d) not reading your résumé
- 3.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: sleeping well? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 4.True or false: “leaving it to the day” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 5.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) sleeping well (b) practising answers aloud (c) not reading your résumé (d) knowing your résumé
- 6.Which of these proves who you are? (a) activity certificates (b) Class 12 marksheet (c) an Aadhaar card copy (d) a college transcript
- 7.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: noting questions to ask? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 8.True or false: “knowing your résumé” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 9.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) a mock interview (b) losing the call letter (c) noting questions to ask (d) sleeping well
- 10.🗺️ When should you check the route to the venue? (a) never (b) a day or more before (c) on the way there (d) after you are late
- 11.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing the time (b) not reading your résumé (c) losing the call letter (d) checking the route
- 13.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the call letter? (a) confirms your slot (b) shows your work (c) proves who you are (d) proves your marks
- 14.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) leaving it to the day (b) zero research (c) staying up all night (d) noting questions to ask
- 15.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) zero research (b) checking the route (c) not knowing the address (d) losing the call letter
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not reading your résumé (b) preparing documents (c) knowing your résumé (d) checking the route
- 17.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: Class 10 marksheet? (a) confirms your slot (b) shows your work (c) proves your marks (d) proves who you are
- 18.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) its website, prospectus (b) nothing at all (c) rumours from friends (d) guessing
- 19.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: activity certificates? (a) confirms your slot (b) proves who you are (c) proves your marks (d) shows your work
- 20.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a school ID card? (a) proves who you are (b) proves your marks (c) confirms your slot (d) shows your work
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) knowing your résumé (b) not knowing the address (c) losing the call letter (d) zero research
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading about the place (b) leaving it to the day (c) preparing documents (d) noting questions to ask
- 23.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 24.True or false: “losing the call letter” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: “no copies of marksheets” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 26.Which of these shows your work? (a) a project file (b) the slot confirmation (c) a college transcript (d) a school ID card
- 27.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) at home (b) in your pocket (c) in one neat folder (d) loose in your bag
- 28.Which of these shows your work? (a) the invitation email (b) Class 12 marksheet (c) the call letter (d) activity certificates
- 29.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) a mock interview (b) not reading your résumé (c) leaving it to the day (d) no copies of marksheets
- 30.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: leaving it to the day? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting questions to ask (b) knowing your résumé (c) sleeping well (d) not knowing the address
- 32.🧁 Before an interview at a bakery, what should you find out? (a) nothing at all (b) what it makes and sells (c) the owner’s address (d) its rivals’ secrets
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping well (b) zero research (c) a mock interview (d) knowing your résumé
- 34.True or false: “checking the route” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: not knowing the address? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 36.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) no copies of marksheets (b) staying up all night (c) practising answers aloud (d) not knowing the address
- 37.True or false: “not knowing the address” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: “not knowing the address” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying up all night (b) knowing your résumé (c) sleeping well (d) preparing documents
- 40.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a passport copy? (a) proves your marks (b) confirms your slot (c) proves who you are (d) shows your work
Answer key
- good preparation
- sleeping well
- good preparation
- False
- not reading your résumé
- an Aadhaar card copy
- good preparation
- False
- losing the call letter
- a day or more before
- False
- checking the route
- confirms your slot
- noting questions to ask
- checking the route
- not reading your résumé
- proves your marks
- its website, prospectus
- shows your work
- proves who you are
- knowing your résumé
- leaving it to the day
- False
- False
- False
- a project file
- in one neat folder
- activity certificates
- a mock interview
- poor preparation
- not knowing the address
- what it makes and sells
- zero research
- True
- poor preparation
- practising answers aloud
- False
- True
- staying up all night
- proves who you are
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