Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 187 · 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: an email ID? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) clubs and activities (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) skills like typing (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) volunteer work
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) awards and prizes (d) a long life story
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
10. 10.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) five pages
11. 11.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) change the subject (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
12. 12.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) one plain, clear font (c) tiny handwriting (d) all bold capitals
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) eco club member (b) a website for our club (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) your city and PIN code
16. 16.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
22. 22.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) made-up marks
24. 24.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) debate club secretary (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 10 board: 88%
26. 26.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a short summary of you (c) a full autobiography (d) a letter of thanks
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
28. 28.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) awards and prizes
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
32. 32.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) made-up marks (c) awards and prizes (d) languages you know
37. 37.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) your city and PIN code (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) built a rain gauge model
39. 39.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) languages you know

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