Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 704 · 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 should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) awards and prizes
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
4. 4.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a full autobiography (c) a school report card (d) a letter of thanks
5. 5.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a website for our club (b) a mobile number (c) eco club member (d) a survey of 50 shops
6. 6.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) nothing at all (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs
7. 7.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
11. 11.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) say it was a joke (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) projects you did (d) your bank details
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your phone and email (d) clubs and activities
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
19. 19.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) your city and PIN code (d) spreadsheets (basic)
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
21. 21.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a website for our club (b) B.Com first year (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) typing 40 words a minute
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) languages you know (c) your siblings’ marks (d) projects you did
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) volunteer work (d) your Aadhaar number
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) a website for our club (d) an email ID
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
30. 30.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) an email ID (d) a survey of 50 shops
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
34. 34.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) one page (d) ten pages
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) skills like typing (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
36. 36.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) made-up marks (d) skills like typing
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) volunteer work (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing

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