Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 620 · 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.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) volunteer work
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) languages you know (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
4. 4.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) awards and prizes
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) a long life story
10. 10.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your phone and email (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did
14. 14.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) an email ID (b) built a rain gauge model (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a mobile number
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) languages you know (c) your Aadhaar number (d) volunteer work
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) a long life story
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) clubs and activities
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) your passwords (d) volunteer work
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) projects you did (d) your bank details
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
25. 25.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) an email ID (d) a survey of 50 shops
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) activities
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
33. 33.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a website for our club (b) debate club secretary (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) school football team
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) eco club member (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) typing 40 words a minute
37. 37.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) ten pages
38. 38.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a mobile number

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