Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 112 · 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 of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) clubs and activities (c) awards and prizes (d) school and marks
2. 2.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) eco club member (d) B.Com first year
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
5. 5.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
6. 6.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) a website for our club (c) an email ID (d) your city and PIN code
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) a long life story
11. 11.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) half a line
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your siblings’ marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) skills like typing
16. 16.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) awards and prizes
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
20. 20.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a mobile number
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) languages you know (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
23. 23.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) an email ID (d) B.Com first year
25. 25.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) say it was a joke (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) skills like typing (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) a long life story (c) skills like typing (d) school and marks
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) volunteer work (c) projects you did (d) a long life story
40. 40.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True

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