Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 614 · 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.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
4. 4.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) five pages
5. 5.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your Aadhaar number (c) languages you know (d) your phone and email
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
8. 8.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) all bold capitals (c) five fancy fonts (d) tiny handwriting
9. 9.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) volunteer work (d) made-up marks
14. 14.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) Class 10 board: 88%
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) be ready to explain it (c) deny it (d) change the subject
17. 17.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) an email ID (c) debate club secretary (d) typing 40 words a minute
18. 18.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) built a rain gauge model (c) an email ID (d) debate club secretary
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) clubs and activities (d) made-up marks
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
23. 23.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a website for our club (d) an email ID
24. 24.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) debate club secretary (d) Class 10 board: 88%
25. 25.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) projects you did (d) clubs and activities
27. 27.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your phone and email (c) awards and prizes (d) volunteer work
30. 30.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) made-up jobs
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) a long life story (d) awards and prizes
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) projects you did
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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