Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 353 · 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) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) volunteer work (d) your Aadhaar number
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
5. 5.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) B.Com first year (c) a website for our club (d) spreadsheets (basic)
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) volunteer work (d) your Aadhaar number
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
10. 10.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) one page
12. 12.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
13. 13.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a short summary of you (c) a letter of thanks (d) a school report card
14. 14.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) your city and PIN code (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 10 board: 88%
15. 15.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) languages you know
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) clubs and activities
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your phone and email (c) projects you did (d) your siblings’ marks
28. 28.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) your siblings’ marks
32. 32.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your phone and email (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
38. 38.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
39. 39.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) your city and PIN code (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 10 board: 88%
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) awards and prizes (c) volunteer work (d) languages you know

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