Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 260 · 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: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) projects you did (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your bank details
7. 7.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) clubs and activities
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
11. 11.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
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.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) projects you did (c) your passwords (d) languages you know
14. 14.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
16. 16.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) made-up marks (d) awards and prizes
20. 20.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) five fancy fonts (c) one plain, clear font (d) tiny handwriting
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) projects you did (c) your bank details (d) skills like typing
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
26. 26.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) eco club member (c) B.Com first year (d) built a rain gauge model
27. 27.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a school report card (d) a short summary of you
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) school football team (d) eco club member
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) awards and prizes (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) clubs and activities (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) projects you did (c) volunteer work (d) school and marks

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