Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 437 · 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.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
2. 2.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) deny it (c) change the subject (d) say it was a joke
3. 3.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
4. 4.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) debate club secretary (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 10 board: 88%
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
7. 7.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
10. 10.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) skills like typing (d) a long life story
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) school and marks
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
18. 18.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) basic HTML and CSS
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) your Aadhaar number (d) awards and prizes
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
23. 23.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) an email ID (d) B.Com first year
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
26. 26.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
30. 30.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) debate club secretary (c) a website for our club (d) typing 40 words a minute
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
35. 35.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) an email ID (c) debate club secretary (d) Class 10 board: 88%
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) clubs and activities (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
38. 38.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) school football team (c) an email ID (d) a mobile number
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) volunteer work (d) school and marks
40. 40.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True

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