Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 319 · 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: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
3. 3.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) projects you did (c) awards and prizes (d) languages you know
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
6. 6.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) school football team (d) B.Com first year
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your Aadhaar number (c) volunteer work (d) your phone and email
9. 9.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) your bank details (d) skills like typing
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) five pages
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) skills like typing (c) projects you did (d) school and marks
14. 14.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) awards and prizes (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) volunteer work (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a long life story
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
19. 19.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your bank details
22. 22.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) projects you did (c) made-up marks (d) your passwords
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) volunteer work (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
27. 27.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) deny it
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) debate club secretary (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a website for our club
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) awards and prizes (d) made-up marks
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) skills like typing (d) a party selfie
39. 39.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
40. 40.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

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