Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 706 · 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.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) one page
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
4. 4.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) languages you know
6. 6.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) eco club member (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) an email ID
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) skills like typing (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
8. 8.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) a long life story (c) volunteer work (d) projects you did
11. 11.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) awards and prizes (d) your passwords
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) awards and prizes (d) made-up marks
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) skills like typing (d) your Aadhaar number
16. 16.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a mobile number (c) eco club member (d) Class 10 board: 88%
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) eco club member (b) school football team (c) a website for our club (d) typing 40 words a minute
20. 20.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) school football team (d) a mobile number
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
23. 23.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
30. 30.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) B.Com first year (c) your city and PIN code (d) typing 40 words a minute
31. 31.📄 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
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) clubs and activities (d) school and marks
33. 33.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) made-up jobs
34. 34.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) school football team (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) B.Com first year
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
40. 40.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

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