Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 195 · 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: eco club member? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
4. 4.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) five pages
5. 5.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) school football team (d) a mobile number
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) awards and prizes (c) volunteer work (d) your phone and email
9. 9.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) built a rain gauge model (c) eco club member (d) debate club secretary
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
11. 11.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did
13. 13.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) a mobile number (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) school football team
14. 14.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) say it was a joke (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
15. 15.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a mobile number
16. 16.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
17. 17.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
18. 18.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) B.Com first year (c) debate club secretary (d) built a rain gauge model
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) made-up marks (d) your passwords
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) volunteer work (d) school and marks
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
26. 26.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) volunteer work (d) your passwords
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
32. 32.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a website for our club (d) a mobile number
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
39. 39.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email

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