Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 563 · 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.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) ten pages (d) five pages
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) activities
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your bank details (c) volunteer work (d) school and marks
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) made-up marks (d) awards and prizes
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
10. 10.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) your city and PIN code (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) eco club member
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
13. 13.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) eco club member (b) an email ID (c) built a rain gauge model (d) a mobile number
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) made-up marks
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) awards and prizes
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) school and marks (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) an email ID (c) debate club secretary (d) spreadsheets (basic)
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) languages you know (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
28. 28.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) awards and prizes (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
30. 30.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) projects you did (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
32. 32.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) skills like typing (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
39. 39.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) school football team (d) a survey of 50 shops
40. 40.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals

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