Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 630 · 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: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) an email ID (c) debate club secretary (d) B.Com first year
3. 3.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) made-up jobs
4. 4.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) languages you know (c) awards and prizes (d) a long life story
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
7. 7.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) built a rain gauge model (c) B.Com first year (d) a mobile number
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) languages you know (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) volunteer work (c) projects you did (d) your siblings’ marks
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
11. 11.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 10 board: 88%
12. 12.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) eco club member (d) your city and PIN code
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) languages you know (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) projects you did (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) B.Com first year (c) eco club member (d) your city and PIN code
25. 25.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
27. 27.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) an email ID
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) languages you know (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
32. 32.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) your siblings’ marks
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) awards and prizes (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) clubs and activities (d) your siblings’ marks
40. 40.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) five pages (d) half a line

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