Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 334 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
2. 2.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) five fancy fonts (d) one plain, clear font
3. 3.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) nothing at all (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) clubs and activities (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
10. 10.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
13. 13.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) eco club member (c) built a rain gauge model (d) typing 40 words a minute
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
16. 16.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a website for our club (b) a mobile number (c) B.Com first year (d) basic HTML and CSS
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) say it was a joke (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
22. 22.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) your city and PIN code (c) school football team (d) debate club secretary
23. 23.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) B.Com first year
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) one page
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) languages you know (c) volunteer work (d) your passwords
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
29. 29.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a website for our club (b) school football team (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) Class 10 board: 88%
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
36. 36.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
38. 38.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
40. 40.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True

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