Interview Preparation Sheet (Fillable PDF)

The sheet starts with six lines of detail you want in one place: role, company, date and time, format, who you are meeting and where to go or which link to click. Underneath is a five-row table for the questions you expect, each with a wide box for the answer you plan to give. Three common questions are already typed in, with the first two answered as examples, so you can see that the useful answer is a note about which example and which number you will use, not a script to memorize.

The second half is the part people forget. There are four numbered lines for questions you want to ask them, two of them filled in as a starting point, and a ten-item checklist of what to take, from printed copies of your resume and your reference list to a tested video link and a travel time with twenty minutes added. The last block has three dated lines for afterwards: when you sent your thank-you note, when they said they would be in touch, and the date you will follow up if they are not.

Every field is fillable, so you can prepare on screen and print the finished sheet to read on the way, or print it blank and write on it. It is one page in US Letter and A4. Download a fresh copy for each interview; the company and interviewer lines at the top are what stop two applications blurring together, and the follow-up date at the bottom is the thing most worth writing down before you forget it.