Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 366 · 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: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) B.Com first year (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) an email ID
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) clubs and activities (c) a long life story (d) made-up marks
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) your siblings’ marks
10. 10.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
16. 16.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
21. 21.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) built a rain gauge model (d) B.Com first year
24. 24.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
26. 26.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) five pages
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) languages you know (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) school and marks (c) volunteer work (d) awards and prizes
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
31. 31.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) skills like typing (d) projects you did
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) awards and prizes (d) your Aadhaar number
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
36. 36.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) nothing at all (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
37. 37.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
40. 40.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True

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