Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 115 · 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) your siblings’ marks (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) languages you know
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
5. 5.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) eco club member (d) B.Com first year
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) your Aadhaar number
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) your siblings’ marks
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) awards and prizes (c) your Aadhaar number (d) made-up marks
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) eco club member (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a survey of 50 shops
15. 15.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a website for our club (d) Class 10 board: 88%
19. 19.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
20. 20.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) be ready to explain it (c) say it was a joke (d) change the subject
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) a long life story
22. 22.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your siblings’ marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did
27. 27.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
30. 30.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) eco club member (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) Class 10 board: 88%
31. 31.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) one plain, clear font (c) five fancy fonts (d) all bold capitals
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) projects you did (d) a long life story
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) languages you know (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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