Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 686 · 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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) five pages
3. 3.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
4. 4.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a website for our club (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) spreadsheets (basic)
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
10. 10.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) five fancy fonts (c) one plain, clear font (d) tiny handwriting
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) volunteer work
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
16. 16.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) B.Com first year (c) a mobile number (d) basic HTML and CSS
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) built a rain gauge model (c) eco club member (d) Class 10 board: 88%
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
22. 22.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
24. 24.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) debate club secretary (c) a website for our club (d) an email ID
25. 25.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) clubs and activities
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) skills like typing
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
36. 36.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) debate club secretary (c) eco club member (d) a mobile number
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) languages you know (c) school and marks (d) your passwords

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