Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 325 · 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.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
2. 2.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
4. 4.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) school football team (d) a survey of 50 shops
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
8. 8.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) a mobile number (d) typing 40 words a minute
9. 9.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your passwords (c) skills like typing (d) school and marks
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) clubs and activities
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) debate club secretary (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) spreadsheets (basic)
17. 17.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) B.Com first year (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a survey of 50 shops
18. 18.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) clubs and activities (d) your Aadhaar number
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) languages you know (d) clubs and activities
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) ten pages
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
34. 34.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your siblings’ marks (c) skills like typing (d) awards and prizes
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
38. 38.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
40. 40.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) eco club member (c) school football team (d) built a rain gauge model

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