Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 110 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) awards and prizes
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) volunteer work
6. 6.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) B.Com first year (d) a website for our club
7. 7.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) school football team (c) debate club secretary (d) typing 40 words a minute
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
9. 9.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
11. 11.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) built a rain gauge model (d) B.Com first year
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
13. 13.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) school football team (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a website for our club
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
17. 17.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a school report card
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your siblings’ marks (c) languages you know (d) awards and prizes
19. 19.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) your siblings’ marks
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) a long life story
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
24. 24.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) five pages
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
29. 29.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) nothing at all
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a long life story
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
35. 35.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) change the subject (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) volunteer work (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
38. 38.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie

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