Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 598 · 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.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
3. 3.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) school football team (c) your city and PIN code (d) B.Com first year
6. 6.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) made-up marks
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) volunteer work (d) your passwords
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) made-up marks
14. 14.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) eco club member (c) an email ID (d) spreadsheets (basic)
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) built a rain gauge model (c) school football team (d) a mobile number
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
20. 20.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) languages you know (d) skills like typing
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) projects you did (d) your bank details
23. 23.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) B.Com first year (c) an email ID (d) a website for our club
24. 24.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) built a rain gauge model (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) B.Com first year
25. 25.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a website for our club (b) an email ID (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) built a rain gauge model
26. 26.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) built a rain gauge model (c) B.Com first year (d) basic HTML and CSS
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) languages you know
29. 29.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) half a line
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) your siblings’ marks
33. 33.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) your city and PIN code (c) school football team (d) Class 10 board: 88%
34. 34.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) eco club member (b) a website for our club (c) built a rain gauge model (d) an email ID
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
36. 36.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) projects you did
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) volunteer work
39. 39.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) languages you know (c) clubs and activities (d) a long life story

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