Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 539 · 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 belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
2. 2.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
4. 4.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a website for our club
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) deny it (c) change the subject (d) be ready to explain it
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) five pages
12. 12.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
13. 13.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) eco club member (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) an email ID
14. 14.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) awards and prizes (d) projects you did
16. 16.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
19. 19.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a website for our club (b) built a rain gauge model (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) school football team
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) languages you know (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) your city and PIN code (c) school football team (d) B.Com first year
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) eco club member (d) a mobile number
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) a long life story
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a website for our club (b) built a rain gauge model (c) school football team (d) typing 40 words a minute
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) awards and prizes (d) skills like typing
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) one plain, clear font (c) five fancy fonts (d) tiny handwriting
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
34. 34.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) eco club member (c) debate club secretary (d) spreadsheets (basic)
35. 35.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) debate club secretary
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
37. 37.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
39. 39.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills

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