Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 428 · 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.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) languages you know (c) skills like typing (d) made-up marks
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) skills like typing (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
6. 6.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a mobile number (c) a website for our club (d) basic HTML and CSS
8. 8.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) a long life story (c) clubs and activities (d) school and marks
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your phone and email (c) volunteer work (d) projects you did
13. 13.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) half a line
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) made-up marks
15. 15.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) one plain, clear font (c) tiny handwriting (d) all bold capitals
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a long life story
17. 17.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) B.Com first year (d) typing 40 words a minute
18. 18.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) eco club member (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) your city and PIN code (d) a survey of 50 shops
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your Aadhaar number (c) skills like typing (d) school and marks
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) projects you did
23. 23.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
25. 25.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) your passwords
32. 32.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) languages you know (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
34. 34.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a school report card (d) a short summary of you
36. 36.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
38. 38.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) eco club member (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 10 board: 88%
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) languages you know

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