Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

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

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