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) no copies of marksheets (b) knowing your résumé (c) leaving it to the day (d) not reading your résumé
- 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.🗺️ 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: staying up all night? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 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.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.Which of these proves who you are? (a) the invitation email (b) a project file (c) a passport copy (d) Class 10 marksheet
- 8.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: practising answers aloud? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 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.🧁 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping well (b) knowing your résumé (c) checking the route (d) not knowing the address
- 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising answers aloud (b) staying up all night (c) zero research (d) no copies of marksheets
- 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.True or false: “guessing the time” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: losing the call letter? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 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.🔍 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: guessing the time? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 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.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.📁 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.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.🔍 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.True or false: “knowing your résumé” is poor interview preparation. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: sleeping well? (a) poor preparation (b) good preparation
- 27.True or false: “sleeping well” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 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.Which of these is poor interview preparation? (a) losing the call letter (b) preparing documents (c) checking the route (d) knowing your résumé
- 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) losing the call letter (b) a mock interview (c) sleeping well (d) knowing your résumé
- 32.True or false: “leaving it to the day” is good interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: a mock interview? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 35.True or false: “noting questions to ask” is poor interview preparation. (a) False (b) True
- 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.🗂️ Good or poor interview preparation: leaving it to the day? (a) good preparation (b) poor preparation
- 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.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.📁 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
- knowing your résumé
- staying up all night
- a day or more before
- poor preparation
- sleep on time
- leaving it to the day
- a passport copy
- good preparation
- a school ID card
- what it makes and sells
- not knowing the address
- a mock interview
- practising answers aloud
- in one neat folder
- True
- poor preparation
- sleeping well
- reading about the place
- poor preparation
- an Aadhaar card copy
- guessing the time
- proves who you are
- no copies of marksheets
- not reading your résumé
- False
- good preparation
- True
- its website, prospectus
- losing the call letter
- checking the route
- losing the call letter
- False
- confirms your slot
- good preparation
- False
- proves who you are
- poor preparation
- shows your work
- preparing documents
- confirms your slot
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