Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 719 · 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 Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
3. 3.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) school football team (d) Class 10 board: 88%
4. 4.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) awards and prizes (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) skills like typing
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) clubs and activities (c) projects you did (d) a long life story
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) skills like typing (d) made-up marks
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) clubs and activities
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) a party selfie
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
15. 15.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) languages you know (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
26. 26.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
29. 29.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) made-up jobs
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
36. 36.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.📄 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
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) made-up marks
40. 40.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) built a rain gauge model (d) Class 10 board: 88%

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