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: checking the route? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 2.🧁 Before an interview at a bakery, what should you find out? (a) what it makes and sells (b) the owner’s address (c) nothing at all (d) its rivals’ secrets
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) preparing documents (b) not reading your résumé (c) losing the call letter (d) not knowing the address
- 4.True or false: “checking the route” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 5.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) knowing your résumé (b) preparing documents (c) a mock interview (d) staying up all night
- 6.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) an Aadhaar card copy (b) a passport copy (c) a portfolio (d) the invitation email
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not knowing the address (b) staying up all night (c) reading about the place (d) no copies of marksheets
- 8.True or false: “not reading your résumé” is good interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 9.True or false: “guessing the time” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 10.True or false: “guessing the time” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 11.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) staying up all night (b) losing the call letter (c) leaving it to the day (d) noting questions to ask
- 12.True or false: “a mock interview” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 13.True or false: “reading about the place” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🌙 The night before an interview, it is best to… (a) stay up all night (b) sleep on time (c) play games late (d) start preparing
- 15.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: Class 12 marksheet? (a) proves who you are (b) proves your marks (c) shows your work (d) confirms your slot
- 16.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) checking the route (b) not reading your résumé (c) zero research (d) losing the call letter
- 17.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) not knowing the address (b) staying up all night (c) preparing documents (d) leaving it to the day
- 18.True or false: “knowing your résumé” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 19.True or false: “practising answers aloud” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 20.Which of these confirms your interview slot? (a) a portfolio (b) a school ID card (c) activity certificates (d) the slot confirmation
- 21.True or false: “zero research” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 22.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the slot confirmation? (a) proves your marks (b) confirms your slot (c) proves who you are (d) shows your work
- 23.🎭 What is a mock interview? (a) a fake job offer (b) a practice interview (c) a written test (d) a joke interview
- 24.Which of these proves who you are? (a) activity certificates (b) the call letter (c) a school ID card (d) the invitation email
- 25.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a school ID card? (a) proves your marks (b) proves who you are (c) confirms your slot (d) shows your work
- 26.Which of these proves your marks? (a) an Aadhaar card copy (b) Class 10 marksheet (c) activity certificates (d) the invitation email
- 27.🗺️ When should you check the route to the venue? (a) after you are late (b) never (c) on the way there (d) a day or more before
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not knowing the address (b) guessing the time (c) staying up all night (d) sleeping well
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) zero research (b) practising answers aloud (c) reading about the place (d) noting questions to ask
- 30.📁 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
- 31.🔎 What is the best way to research a college before an interview? (a) nothing at all (b) guessing (c) its website, prospectus (d) rumours from friends
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) preparing documents (b) not knowing the address (c) noting questions to ask (d) reading about the place
- 33.True or false: “sleeping well” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 34.Which of these shows your work? (a) Class 12 marksheet (b) a portfolio (c) the invitation email (d) the call letter
- 35.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) a mock interview (b) not reading your résumé (c) reading about the place (d) checking the route
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising answers aloud (b) noting questions to ask (c) knowing your résumé (d) losing the call letter
- 37.📄 How many copies of your résumé should you carry? (a) only on your phone (b) none (c) two or three (d) exactly fifty
- 38.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) leaving it to the day (b) staying up all night (c) not reading your résumé (d) practising answers aloud
- 39.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: noting questions to ask? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 40.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: knowing your résumé? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
Answer key
- good preparation
- what it makes and sells
- preparing documents
- False
- staying up all night
- the invitation email
- reading about the place
- False
- False
- True
- noting questions to ask
- False
- False
- sleep on time
- proves your marks
- checking the route
- preparing documents
- False
- False
- the slot confirmation
- True
- confirms your slot
- a practice interview
- a school ID card
- proves who you are
- Class 10 marksheet
- a day or more before
- sleeping well
- zero research
- shows your work
- its website, prospectus
- not knowing the address
- False
- a portfolio
- not reading your résumé
- losing the call letter
- two or three
- practising answers aloud
- good preparation
- good preparation
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