Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 600 · 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) a party selfie (b) school and marks (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) projects you did (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
6. 6.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) B.Com first year (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a survey of 50 shops
7. 7.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
9. 9.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
12. 12.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) built a rain gauge model
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) skills like typing
18. 18.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) volunteer work (d) your siblings’ marks
21. 21.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) a long life story (c) languages you know (d) projects you did
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) languages you know (d) your passwords
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
27. 27.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
31. 31.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
33. 33.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) one page (c) ten pages (d) half a line
34. 34.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) made-up jobs
35. 35.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) skills like typing
37. 37.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False

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