Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 447 · 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: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
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 of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) eco club member (c) an email ID (d) typing 40 words a minute
5. 5.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) ten pages
6. 6.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
9. 9.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) skills like typing (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your phone and email (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
20. 20.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) your city and PIN code (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) school football team
21. 21.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) volunteer work (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) awards and prizes
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) projects you did
26. 26.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) skills like typing (c) your bank details (d) your siblings’ marks
33. 33.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) five fancy fonts (c) tiny handwriting (d) all bold capitals
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) projects you did
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
38. 38.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
40. 40.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False

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