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Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 271 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
  2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) made-up marks (d) school and marks
  5. 5.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
  8. 8.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) five fancy fonts (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
  9. 9.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) eco club member (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) spreadsheets (basic)
  10. 10.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a school report card
  13. 13.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) half a line
  14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
  15. 15.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) projects you did
  18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
  19. 19.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) eco club member (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) an email ID
  20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  21. 21.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) volunteer work
  23. 23.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) your city and PIN code (c) debate club secretary (d) built a rain gauge model
  24. 24.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) languages you know
  30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) clubs and activities (c) your Aadhaar number (d) volunteer work
  31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) awards and prizes
  34. 34.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.📄 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
  36. 36.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) a website for our club (c) eco club member (d) basic HTML and CSS
  37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) skills like typing (c) a long life story (d) volunteer work
  39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) projects you did (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
  40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks

Answer key

  1. your phone and email
  2. include it
  3. contact details
  4. made-up marks
  5. False
  6. leave it out
  7. your Aadhaar number
  8. one plain, clear font
  9. eco club member
  10. True
  11. True
  12. a short summary of you
  13. one page
  14. your phone and email
  15. True
  16. include it
  17. your passwords
  18. education
  19. basic HTML and CSS
  20. include it
  21. False
  22. a long life story
  23. built a rain gauge model
  24. True
  25. True
  26. leave it out
  27. leave it out
  28. languages you know
  29. languages you know
  30. your Aadhaar number
  31. leave it out
  32. activities
  33. awards and prizes
  34. False
  35. be ready to explain it
  36. a mobile number
  37. include it
  38. a long life story
  39. projects you did
  40. clubs and activities

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