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Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 362 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
  4. 4.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) five fancy fonts (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
  5. 5.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
  9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) volunteer work
  11. 11.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) be ready to explain it
  12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) skills like typing (c) projects you did (d) clubs and activities
  15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
  17. 17.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
  19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
  22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
  24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your bank details (c) skills like typing (d) volunteer work
  26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your siblings’ marks (c) clubs and activities (d) volunteer work
  27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
  28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
  29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
  30. 30.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) a website for our club (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) debate club secretary
  31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) your Aadhaar number (d) clubs and activities
  33. 33.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) projects you did
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
  37. 37.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) an email ID (d) a survey of 50 shops
  38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
  40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out

Answer key

  1. leave it out
  2. leave it out
  3. projects
  4. one plain, clear font
  5. True
  6. False
  7. leave it out
  8. skills
  9. include it
  10. a long life story
  11. be ready to explain it
  12. include it
  13. your phone and email
  14. your siblings’ marks
  15. skills like typing
  16. a party selfie
  17. True
  18. projects
  19. include it
  20. include it
  21. projects
  22. include it
  23. awards and prizes
  24. education
  25. your bank details
  26. your siblings’ marks
  27. contact details
  28. activities
  29. school and marks
  30. Class 10 board: 88%
  31. your passwords
  32. your Aadhaar number
  33. False
  34. False
  35. your Aadhaar number
  36. skills like typing
  37. Class 12 (Science), 2026
  38. leave it out
  39. school and marks
  40. leave it out

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