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Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 102 · 40 questions
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Tip (Show, don’t pad): Include: contact details (mobile, email, city), education and marks, skills, projects, activities and clubs, awards, languages, volunteer work. Leave out: bank details, your Aadhaar number, passwords, party selfies, other people’s marks, long life stories and anything made up. One page, one plain font; be ready to explain every line with a short example.

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  1. 1.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
  2. 2.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) your passwords (d) projects you did
  5. 5.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) volunteer work (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
  7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  9. 9.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) half a line
  12. 12.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
  14. 14.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
  15. 15.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a website for our club (c) your city and PIN code (d) debate club secretary
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) projects you did (c) made-up marks (d) school and marks
  18. 18.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) skills like typing (d) a party selfie
  20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
  22. 22.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
  24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) awards and prizes
  25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  26. 26.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
  29. 29.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) B.Com first year (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) typing 40 words a minute
  30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
  31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
  32. 32.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) B.Com first year (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) spreadsheets (basic)
  33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  34. 34.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) skills like typing (c) projects you did (d) awards and prizes
  37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) made-up marks (d) clubs and activities
  38. 38.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your phone and email (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
  40. 40.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. projects
  2. False
  3. True
  4. your passwords
  5. True
  6. your Aadhaar number
  7. include it
  8. leave it out
  9. False
  10. False
  11. one page
  12. False
  13. school and marks
  14. one plain, clear font
  15. False
  16. Class 10 board: 88%
  17. made-up marks
  18. False
  19. a party selfie
  20. include it
  21. skills
  22. True
  23. skills like typing
  24. a party selfie
  25. include it
  26. True
  27. False
  28. skills
  29. your city and PIN code
  30. clubs and activities
  31. contact details
  32. built a rain gauge model
  33. leave it out
  34. False
  35. True
  36. your siblings’ marks
  37. made-up marks
  38. True
  39. your phone and email
  40. True

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