Interview Skills Worksheet: Dress and Online Interviews
Tip (Neat, early, ready): Dress: clean and ironed, simple, neat hair and nails; avoid torn jeans, slogan T-shirts, flip-flops and heavy perfume. Not sure? Dress a little more formal. Punctuality: leaving time = start time − journey − early minutes. Interview at 10:30 AM, a 40-minute journey, 15 minutes early → leave by 9:35 AM. Running late? Call and inform them at once. Online: camera at eye level, light in front, plain background, quiet room, mute when others speak, test mic and camera first, join 5 minutes early, look at the camera.
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- 1.💻 Your online interview starts at 10:00 AM. You plan to join 5 minutes early and to test your camera and mic 25 minutes before joining. When should you start the test? (a) 9:35 AM (b) 10:20 AM (c) 9:30 AM (d) 9:55 AM
- 2.💻 Your online interview starts at 5:15 PM. You plan to join 15 minutes early and to test your camera and mic 30 minutes before joining. When should you start the test? (a) 4:45 PM (b) 5:00 PM (c) 4:30 PM (d) 5:30 PM
- 3.👔 If you are not sure what to wear, it is safer to dress… (a) in party clothes (b) a little more formal (c) in sportswear (d) very casually
- 4.🚌 Ishaan leaves home at 11:55 AM for an interview at 12:45 PM. The journey takes 20 minutes. How many minutes early will Ishaan reach?
- 5.💻 For an online interview, where should the camera be? (a) below your chin (b) pointing at the ceiling (c) facing the wall (d) at eye level
- 6.Which of these is best avoided for an interview? (a) a light scent or none (b) a plain shirt or kurta (c) a crumpled shirt (d) polished shoes
- 7.Which of these suits an interview? (a) a crumpled shirt (b) flip-flops (c) sunglasses on your head (d) trimmed nails
- 8.🕘 Your interview is at 10:00 AM. The journey takes 35 minutes and you want to reach 20 minutes early. What is the latest time you should leave? (a) 9:25 AM (b) 9:45 AM (c) 9:05 AM (d) 9:40 AM
- 9.Which of these is best avoided for an interview? (a) a plain shirt or kurta (b) trimmed nails (c) torn jeans (d) a light scent or none
- 10.💻 Good or poor online interview habit: looking at the camera? (a) a good online habit (b) a poor online habit
- 11.💻 Good or poor online interview habit: mute when others speak? (a) a poor online habit (b) a good online habit
- 12.🕘 Your interview is at 10:00 AM. The journey takes 65 minutes and you want to reach 20 minutes early. What is the latest time you should leave? (a) 8:55 AM (b) 9:15 AM (c) 8:35 AM (d) 9:40 AM
- 13.🚌 Meera leaves home at 9:10 AM for an interview at 10:15 AM. The journey takes 40 minutes. How many minutes early will Meera reach?
- 14.Which of these is best avoided for an interview? (a) polished shoes (b) a light scent or none (c) a plain shirt or kurta (d) a T-shirt with slogans
- 15.Which of these suits an interview? (a) heavy perfume (b) a T-shirt with slogans (c) neat, tidy hair (d) sunglasses on your head
- 16.👔 Does this suit an interview: a plain shirt or kurta? (a) suits an interview (b) avoid for an interview
- 17.👔 Does this suit an interview: school uniform if asked? (a) avoid for an interview (b) suits an interview
- 18.💻 Your online interview starts at 1:15 PM. You plan to join 15 minutes early and to test your camera and mic 15 minutes before joining. When should you start the test? (a) 1:15 PM (b) 1:00 PM (c) 12:45 PM
- 19.Which of these is best avoided for an interview? (a) muddy shoes (b) a plain shirt or kurta (c) clean, ironed clothes (d) neat, tidy hair
- 20.🚌 Tara leaves home at 2:10 PM for an interview at 3:15 PM. The journey takes 60 minutes. How many minutes early will Tara reach?
- 21.🕘 Your interview is at 12:30 PM. The journey takes 20 minutes and you want to reach 10 minutes early. What is the latest time you should leave? (a) 12:00 PM (b) 12:20 PM (c) 12:10 PM
- 22.🚌 Meera leaves home at 10:50 AM for an interview at 11:30 AM. The journey takes 20 minutes. How many minutes early will Meera reach?
- 23.👔 Does this suit an interview: a T-shirt with slogans? (a) suits an interview (b) avoid for an interview
- 24.💻 Good or poor online interview habit: joining late? (a) a good online habit (b) a poor online habit
- 25.🕘 Your interview is at 4:45 PM. The journey takes 70 minutes and you want to reach 20 minutes early. What is the latest time you should leave? (a) 3:15 PM (b) 3:55 PM (c) 3:35 PM (d) 4:25 PM
- 26.🕘 Your interview is at 2:30 PM. The journey takes 30 minutes and you want to reach 20 minutes early. What is the latest time you should leave? (a) 1:40 PM (b) 2:20 PM (c) 2:10 PM (d) 2:00 PM
- 27.👔 Does this suit an interview: muddy shoes? (a) avoid for an interview (b) suits an interview
- 28.Which of these suits an interview? (a) a T-shirt with slogans (b) a crumpled shirt (c) polished shoes (d) heavy perfume
- 29.⏰ How early should you reach an in-person interview? (a) 2 hours early (b) a bit late (c) exactly on time (d) 10–15 minutes early
- 30.👔 Does this suit an interview: clean, ironed clothes? (a) avoid for an interview (b) suits an interview
- 31.🚦 You are stuck in traffic and will be late. What should you do? (a) arrive and say nothing (b) blame the driver (c) just not go (d) call and inform them
- 32.📶 Your internet drops during an online interview. What is best? (a) wait a day (b) give up (c) send angry texts (d) rejoin, explain briefly
- 33.🕘 Your interview is at 4:00 PM. The journey takes 35 minutes and you want to reach 10 minutes early. What is the latest time you should leave? (a) 3:25 PM (b) 3:50 PM (c) 3:35 PM (d) 3:15 PM
- 34.💻 Good or poor online interview habit: lying on the bed? (a) a poor online habit (b) a good online habit
- 35.💻 Your online interview starts at 11:15 AM. You plan to join 15 minutes early and to test your camera and mic 25 minutes before joining. When should you start the test? (a) 11:00 AM (b) 11:25 AM (c) 10:35 AM (d) 10:50 AM
- 36.Which of these is a good online interview habit? (a) eating on camera (b) a plain, tidy background (c) a TV playing nearby (d) lying on the bed
- 37.Which of these is a good online interview habit? (a) lying on the bed (b) eating on camera (c) looking at the camera (d) a bright window behind
- 38.🕘 Your interview is at 11:30 AM. The journey takes 90 minutes and you want to reach 10 minutes early. What is the latest time you should leave? (a) 10:10 AM (b) 11:20 AM (c) 9:50 AM (d) 10:00 AM
- 39.Which of these is a poor online interview habit? (a) mute when others speak (b) a TV playing nearby (c) testing mic and camera (d) a plain, tidy background
- 40.🚌 Diya leaves home at 12:20 PM for an interview at 1:45 PM. The journey takes 60 minutes. How many minutes early will Diya reach?
Answer key
- 9:30 AM
- 4:30 PM
- a little more formal
- 30
- at eye level
- a crumpled shirt
- trimmed nails
- 9:05 AM
- torn jeans
- a good online habit
- a good online habit
- 8:35 AM
- 25
- a T-shirt with slogans
- neat, tidy hair
- suits an interview
- suits an interview
- 12:45 PM
- muddy shoes
- 5
- 12:00 PM
- 20
- avoid for an interview
- a poor online habit
- 3:15 PM
- 1:40 PM
- avoid for an interview
- polished shoes
- 10–15 minutes early
- suits an interview
- call and inform them
- rejoin, explain briefly
- 3:15 PM
- a poor online habit
- 10:35 AM
- a plain, tidy background
- looking at the camera
- 9:50 AM
- a TV playing nearby
- 25
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