Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 45 · 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: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
3. 3.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
6. 6.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
11. 11.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) awards and prizes (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) volunteer work
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
19. 19.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) a mobile number (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) school football team
21. 21.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
24. 24.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
27. 27.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) five pages (d) one page
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) projects you did (c) skills like typing (d) a long life story
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) volunteer work
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
34. 34.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) an email ID (c) a website for our club (d) eco club member
35. 35.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
38. 38.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a survey of 50 shops
39. 39.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True

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