Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 498 · 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: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) your siblings’ marks
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
7. 7.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
9. 9.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) volunteer work (c) made-up marks (d) your phone and email
15. 15.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) B.Com first year (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a survey of 50 shops
17. 17.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
19. 19.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) clubs and activities (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) volunteer work (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
22. 22.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) languages you know (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) languages you know (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
25. 25.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) half a line
26. 26.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) B.Com first year (d) eco club member
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
32. 32.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a website for our club (d) B.Com first year
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) languages you know (d) a long life story
34. 34.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
36. 36.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) skills like typing (d) a long life story
38. 38.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
40. 40.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) be ready to explain it (c) change the subject (d) deny it

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