Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 294 · 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) projects (d) activities
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) a long life story
3. 3.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) a mobile number (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a website for our club
4. 4.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) be ready to explain it (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
7. 7.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) B.Com first year (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 10 board: 88%
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) skills like typing (c) a long life story (d) languages you know
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) made-up marks
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) clubs and activities (d) your passwords
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your phone and email (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your siblings’ marks
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
14. 14.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) one page
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did
16. 16.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) volunteer work
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) activities
19. 19.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) your siblings’ marks
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) clubs and activities (d) awards and prizes
23. 23.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) eco club member (b) your city and PIN code (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) built a rain gauge model
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
25. 25.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) built a rain gauge model (d) Class 10 board: 88%
26. 26.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) an email ID (d) Class 10 board: 88%
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
30. 30.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) eco club member (d) basic HTML and CSS
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) projects you did (d) your siblings’ marks
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) skills like typing (c) clubs and activities (d) your Aadhaar number
35. 35.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) tiny handwriting
38. 38.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know

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