Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 401 · 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.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a party selfie (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
3. 3.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) five pages
4. 4.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) volunteer work (c) awards and prizes (d) clubs and activities
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
12. 12.📄 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
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) built a rain gauge model (d) spreadsheets (basic)
16. 16.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) projects you did (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
21. 21.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
25. 25.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) an email ID (d) debate club secretary
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
27. 27.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a short summary of you (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
28. 28.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) skills like typing (c) clubs and activities (d) your Aadhaar number
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your phone and email (c) volunteer work (d) clubs and activities
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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