Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 727 · 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 belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
2. 2.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) deny it (c) say it was a joke (d) change the subject
3. 3.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) five fancy fonts (d) one plain, clear font
4. 4.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) five pages
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
13. 13.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) skills like typing (d) made-up marks
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (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.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
20. 20.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) eco club member (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) spreadsheets (basic)
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
22. 22.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) languages you know (c) a long life story (d) volunteer work
25. 25.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) B.Com first year (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) eco club member
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) a long life story
27. 27.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
30. 30.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) volunteer work
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
33. 33.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) eco club member (c) a website for our club (d) a survey of 50 shops
36. 36.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
39. 39.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a mobile number (c) B.Com first year (d) eco club member
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) school and marks

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