Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 644 · 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 goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) built a rain gauge model (c) debate club secretary (d) a website for our club
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
7. 7.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
9. 9.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) eco club member (c) debate club secretary (d) Class 10 board: 88%
10. 10.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) change the subject (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
11. 11.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
13. 13.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) clubs and activities (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
26. 26.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) made-up marks
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) a long life story (d) clubs and activities
31. 31.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) five pages
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
33. 33.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) school football team (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) built a rain gauge model
34. 34.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) an email ID (c) eco club member (d) debate club secretary
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your passwords (c) volunteer work (d) skills like typing
38. 38.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) school football team (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) basic HTML and CSS
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) a long life story (d) projects you did
40. 40.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True

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