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