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Interview Skills Worksheet: Preparing for an Interview

Interview skills lesson 10: Preparing for an interview · Set 82 · 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.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) no copies of marksheets (b) knowing your résumé (c) leaving it to the day (d) not reading your résumé
  2. 2.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) staying up all night (b) sleeping well (c) a mock interview (d) checking the route
  3. 3.🗺️ When should you check the route to the venue? (a) after you are late (b) never (c) a day or more before (d) on the way there
  4. 4.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: staying up all night? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  5. 5.🌙 The night before an interview, it is best to… (a) sleep on time (b) stay up all night (c) start preparing (d) play games late
  6. 6.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) reading about the place (b) leaving it to the day (c) a mock interview (d) checking the route
  7. 7.Which of these proves who you are? (a) the invitation email (b) a project file (c) a passport copy (d) Class 10 marksheet
  8. 8.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: practising answers aloud? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  9. 9.Which of these proves who you are? (a) the slot confirmation (b) the call letter (c) a school ID card (d) a portfolio
  10. 10.🧁 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
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping well (b) knowing your résumé (c) checking the route (d) not knowing the address
  12. 12.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) staying up all night (b) not knowing the address (c) losing the call letter (d) a mock interview
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising answers aloud (b) staying up all night (c) zero research (d) no copies of marksheets
  14. 14.📁 Where should you keep your documents? (a) loose in your bag (b) in one neat folder (c) in your pocket (d) at home
  15. 15.True or false: “guessing the time” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: losing the call letter? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  17. 17.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) staying up all night (b) sleeping well (c) no copies of marksheets (d) not knowing the address
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it to the day (b) not reading your résumé (c) reading about the place (d) not knowing the address
  19. 19.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: guessing the time? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  20. 20.Which of these proves who you are? (a) an Aadhaar card copy (b) the invitation email (c) Class 12 marksheet (d) the slot confirmation
  21. 21.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) reading about the place (b) practising answers aloud (c) guessing the time (d) noting questions to ask
  22. 22.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: a passport copy? (a) proves your marks (b) confirms your slot (c) shows your work (d) proves who you are
  23. 23.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) preparing documents (b) noting questions to ask (c) a mock interview (d) no copies of marksheets
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not reading your résumé (b) a mock interview (c) practising answers aloud (d) noting questions to ask
  25. 25.True or false: “knowing your résumé” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: sleeping well? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
  27. 27.True or false: “sleeping well” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔎 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
  29. 29.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) losing the call letter (b) preparing documents (c) checking the route (d) knowing your résumé
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing the time (b) staying up all night (c) checking the route (d) not reading your résumé
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) losing the call letter (b) a mock interview (c) sleeping well (d) knowing your résumé
  32. 32.True or false: “leaving it to the day” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the invitation email? (a) proves who you are (b) shows your work (c) proves your marks (d) confirms your slot
  34. 34.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: a mock interview? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  35. 35.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: an Aadhaar card copy? (a) confirms your slot (b) proves who you are (c) proves your marks (d) shows your work
  37. 37.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: leaving it to the day? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
  38. 38.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: activity certificates? (a) shows your work (b) confirms your slot (c) proves who you are (d) proves your marks
  39. 39.Which of these is good interview preparation? (a) leaving it to the day (b) not reading your résumé (c) not knowing the address (d) preparing documents
  40. 40.📁 What does this document do for you at an interview: the call letter? (a) proves your marks (b) proves who you are (c) shows your work (d) confirms your slot

Answer key

  1. knowing your résumé
  2. staying up all night
  3. a day or more before
  4. poor preparation
  5. sleep on time
  6. leaving it to the day
  7. a passport copy
  8. good preparation
  9. a school ID card
  10. what it makes and sells
  11. not knowing the address
  12. a mock interview
  13. practising answers aloud
  14. in one neat folder
  15. True
  16. poor preparation
  17. sleeping well
  18. reading about the place
  19. poor preparation
  20. an Aadhaar card copy
  21. guessing the time
  22. proves who you are
  23. no copies of marksheets
  24. not reading your résumé
  25. False
  26. good preparation
  27. True
  28. its website, prospectus
  29. losing the call letter
  30. checking the route
  31. losing the call letter
  32. False
  33. confirms your slot
  34. good preparation
  35. False
  36. proves who you are
  37. poor preparation
  38. shows your work
  39. preparing documents
  40. confirms your slot

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