Job Interview Practice Slides with Self-Check for Teens and Transition

This digital job interview practice is a set of PowerPoint slides (they also work in Google Slides) where students drag, sort, and type their way through getting ready for an interview and answering 12 common questions, with a self-check on every answer.

Why I made this: Most students I work with have never been on the other side of an interview table. They need to see what a strong answer sounds like, write their own, and practice it out loud before the real thing. The self-check list gives them a way to judge their own answer instead of waiting for me.

- A do and don’t sort with 12 tiles
- A what-to-bring checklist and a put-the-steps-in-order slide for first impressions
- 12 interview question slides, each with 3 sample answers, a drag-on STRONG ANSWER star, a type-in box with a sentence starter, and a 4-line self-check
- A sort for good questions to ask the interviewer
- A thank-you message slide, a self-rating slide, and a partner checklist for practice interviews
- A Check Your Work slide and a teacher guide with pacing, accommodations, and an answer key

How to use it: Open the file in PowerPoint or Google Slides and assign it with a copy for each student. Work through 4 questions a day, then hold a practice interview using the answers students wrote.

Who it’s for: special education, transition, life skills, and CTE classes in grades 9 to 12 and 18-21 programs.

Format: 22-slide PowerPoint (.pptx) zip with a teacher guide. Open in PowerPoint or upload to Google Drive and open with Google Slides.

Good to know: students answer in their own words and then check themselves, which makes this a good fit for independent practice, a station, or a small group role play. Pair students up if you want them to practice saying the answers out loud. The teacher guide includes pacing ideas and accommodations.

Jeremy D. Gooch, The Transition Cliff. Special education transition coordinator with 20+ years in education.