Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 467 · 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.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) languages you know (d) your bank details
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
5. 5.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) B.Com first year (d) debate club secretary
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
7. 7.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) your city and PIN code (c) B.Com first year (d) a website for our club
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
10. 10.📄 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
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) made-up marks (d) your phone and email
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) clubs and activities (d) your siblings’ marks
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) clubs and activities (c) a party selfie (d) a long life story
14. 14.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
15. 15.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) an email ID (d) B.Com first year
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
21. 21.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
23. 23.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) basic HTML and CSS
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) languages you know
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
29. 29.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) half a line (c) five pages (d) ten pages
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) skills like typing (d) made-up marks
36. 36.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
40. 40.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a website for our club (d) school football team

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