Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 146 · 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.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
4. 4.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
6. 6.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) half a line
7. 7.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) school football team (d) a survey of 50 shops
8. 8.📄 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
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) your Aadhaar number
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) five fancy fonts (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
13. 13.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) eco club member (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a survey of 50 shops
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) volunteer work (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) awards and prizes (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
17. 17.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a website for our club (d) B.Com first year
18. 18.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
22. 22.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a mobile number (c) your city and PIN code (d) built a rain gauge model
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) awards and prizes (d) made-up marks
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
25. 25.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) school football team
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) projects you did (c) made-up marks (d) clubs and activities
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) awards and prizes (d) skills like typing
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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