Interview Skills Worksheet: Final Test
Tip (Ready for the room): Find the topic of the question: communication, interview type, preparation, answers, STAR, closing, timing, résumé, application, thank-you note, workplace or GD. Use that lesson’s tip and read every option before you choose. For time questions, add the minutes you need and count back from the start time.
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- 1.✉️ Where does this line belong in an application email? “I am a Class 12 student applying for the part-time tutor post you shared.” (a) why you fit (b) the opening (c) the closing
- 2.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) turn up the volume (b) answer every call (c) leave it ringing (d) set it to silent
- 3.True or false: “reliability” is what an admission panel looks for. (a) True (b) False
- 4.⭐ In a STAR answer, which comes first: the steps you took or the outcome? (a) the steps you took (b) the outcome
- 5.⭐ In the STAR method, which part covers the setting? (a) Result (b) Task (c) Action (d) Situation
- 6.Which of these is a poor thank-you note habit? (a) thanking each person (b) naming one detail (c) sending it the same day (d) asking for the result
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a file named final2 (b) mixed date formats (c) tiny 8-point text (d) a teacher’s check
- 8.🙋 When you ask about next steps, you learn… (a) their salaries (b) the other answers (c) your marks (d) when to expect news
- 9.Which of these is a sign of poor listening? (a) asking a follow-up (b) nodding now and then (c) only waiting to talk (d) waiting for a pause
- 10.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) five pages
- 11.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Designed (c) Collected (d) Helped with stuff
- 12.True or false: “LOL, that was so funny.” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
- 13.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “No worries, bro.” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
- 14.✉️ Where does this line belong in an application email? “Thank you for considering my application.” (a) the opening (b) why you fit (c) the closing
- 15.📝 Before an important call, what should you keep ready? (a) a snack (b) loud music (c) the TV on (d) a pen and your notes
- 16.💪 Is this usually a strength or a weakness: a quick learner? (a) a strength (b) a weakness
- 17.🧭 What decides whether you should be formal or informal? (a) your shoe size (b) the time on the clock (c) who you are talking to (d) the weather
- 18.True or false: “plans for the money” is what a scholarship panel looks for. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: “taking short notes” is a sign of good listening. (a) False (b) True
- 20.💪 How many strengths should you prepare, each with an example? (a) none (b) two or three (c) twenty (d) just one word
- 21.True or false: “yawning loudly” is a sign of good listening. (a) True (b) False
- 22.True or false: “taking others’ credit” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 23.✉️ You know the manager’s name. How should you greet her? (a) “Yo, team” (b) “Dear Friend” (c) by name, “Dear Ms …” (d) “Hey buddy”
- 24.True or false: a birthday message to your best friend needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: “You always mess up the numbers.” is unhelpful feedback. (a) True (b) False
- 26.💪 Strengths and weaknesses: good or poor answer? “My weakness is that I work too hard and I am too perfect.” (a) a poor answer (b) a good answer
- 27.💌 Which part of a thank-you note is this? “With thanks, Meera Iyer” (a) your interest (b) the sign-off (c) a detail you recall (d) the thanks
- 28.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or education? (a) name and contact details (b) education
- 29.🤔 You don’t know the answer to a subject question. What is best? (a) stay silent (b) make something up (c) say so honestly (d) change the topic
- 30.💪 Strengths and weaknesses: good or poor answer? “I have no weaknesses at all.” (a) a good answer (b) a poor answer
- 31.Which of these is a rude phone habit? (a) saying thank you (b) speaking clearly (c) shouting into the phone (d) stating why you called
- 32.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🗣️ Someone keeps interrupting you in a GD. What should you do? (a) give up (b) walk out (c) shout back (d) calmly finish your point
- 34.Which of these is what a first-job interviewer looks for? (a) reasons for the college (b) your study habits (c) ready to start soon (d) commitment to study
- 35.❓ Is this an open or a closed question? “Is the form free?” (a) an open question (b) a closed question
- 36.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 37.🙋 Why ask questions at the end of an interview? (a) it delays the end (b) it fills time (c) it tests them (d) it shows real interest
- 38.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: shouting others down? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting into the phone (b) eating while talking (c) calling very late (d) stating why you called
- 40.🎓 Who mainly looks for this: reasons for the college? (a) a job interviewer (b) an admission panel (c) a scholarship panel
Answer key
- the opening
- set it to silent
- False
- the steps you took
- Situation
- asking for the result
- a teacher’s check
- when to expect news
- only waiting to talk
- one page
- Helped with stuff
- True
- an informal line
- the closing
- a pen and your notes
- a strength
- who you are talking to
- True
- True
- two or three
- False
- True
- by name, “Dear Ms …”
- False
- True
- a poor answer
- the sign-off
- name and contact details
- say so honestly
- a poor answer
- shouting into the phone
- False
- calmly finish your point
- ready to start soon
- a closed question
- a good work habit
- it shows real interest
- a poor GD habit
- stating why you called
- an admission panel
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