Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 528 · 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: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
3. 3.📄 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
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) volunteer work (d) made-up marks
7. 7.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) skills like typing (d) a party selfie
10. 10.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) clubs and activities
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
14. 14.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) made-up marks (d) skills like typing
17. 17.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) volunteer work (d) your bank details
21. 21.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) eco club member (d) your city and PIN code
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
23. 23.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
25. 25.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a mobile number (d) B.Com first year
26. 26.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) volunteer work (c) awards and prizes (d) clubs and activities
28. 28.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) volunteer work (c) awards and prizes (d) school and marks
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
32. 32.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
34. 34.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) eco club member (c) B.Com first year (d) an email ID
35. 35.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
38. 38.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) languages you know (c) school and marks (d) volunteer work

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