Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 361 · 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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) languages you know (c) school and marks (d) clubs and activities
4. 4.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) debate club secretary (b) an email ID (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) eco club member
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
6. 6.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) skills like typing (d) a party selfie
8. 8.📄 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) deny it (d) change the subject
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
12. 12.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) your city and PIN code (d) Class 10 board: 88%
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) awards and prizes (d) your passwords
16. 16.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) made-up jobs
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) languages you know (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
22. 22.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
26. 26.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
30. 30.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) built a rain gauge model (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) eco club member
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) volunteer work (d) school and marks
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) your Aadhaar number
34. 34.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) one page (d) half a line
35. 35.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) projects you did (d) your siblings’ marks
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
39. 39.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) your Aadhaar number

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