Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 179 · 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.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
3. 3.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) eco club member (d) basic HTML and CSS
4. 4.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) languages you know (c) clubs and activities (d) a long life story
10. 10.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) deny it (c) change the subject (d) be ready to explain it
11. 11.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) debate club secretary
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
17. 17.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) built a rain gauge model (c) your city and PIN code (d) B.Com first year
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) eco club member (c) a website for our club (d) your city and PIN code
24. 24.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) an email ID (d) eco club member
25. 25.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) awards and prizes
27. 27.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) half a line
28. 28.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) school football team (c) your city and PIN code (d) typing 40 words a minute
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
32. 32.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
33. 33.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) projects you did (d) your Aadhaar number
36. 36.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) B.Com first year
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True

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