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Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 14 · 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.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) eco club member (d) a website for our club
  2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
  3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  4. 4.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
  8. 8.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) debate club secretary
  9. 9.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) one page (d) ten pages
  10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  11. 11.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
  13. 13.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) a long life story (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) volunteer work (c) projects you did (d) school and marks
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
  18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) awards and prizes
  19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did
  20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
  21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  22. 22.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) spreadsheets (basic)
  24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) skills like typing
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) your Aadhaar number (d) projects you did
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
  28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
  29. 29.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) school football team (d) a survey of 50 shops
  30. 30.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) eco club member (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
  31. 31.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
  33. 33.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) your siblings’ marks
  35. 35.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your passwords
  38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
  39. 39.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) awards and prizes

Answer key

  1. eco club member
  2. projects
  3. leave it out
  4. False
  5. True
  6. projects
  7. your phone and email
  8. a website for our club
  9. one page
  10. leave it out
  11. False
  12. skills like typing
  13. True
  14. a long life story
  15. made-up marks
  16. school and marks
  17. projects you did
  18. awards and prizes
  19. projects you did
  20. skills like typing
  21. leave it out
  22. False
  23. Class 10 board: 88%
  24. include it
  25. your bank details
  26. your Aadhaar number
  27. clubs and activities
  28. activities
  29. school football team
  30. built a rain gauge model
  31. True
  32. your phone and email
  33. True
  34. your siblings’ marks
  35. False
  36. activities
  37. your passwords
  38. skills
  39. a short summary of you
  40. awards and prizes

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