Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 776 · 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.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) skills like typing (c) volunteer work (d) clubs and activities
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) volunteer work (d) your siblings’ marks
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
9. 9.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) basic HTML and CSS
11. 11.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) school football team (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) your city and PIN code (d) Class 10 board: 88%
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
13. 13.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) built a rain gauge model (c) your city and PIN code (d) eco club member
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) awards and prizes
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) a party selfie (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
17. 17.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
20. 20.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) one page
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) clubs and activities (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) languages you know (d) made-up marks
26. 26.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) deny it (c) change the subject (d) say it was a joke
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) volunteer work (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
28. 28.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) your city and PIN code (c) built a rain gauge model (d) Class 10 board: 88%
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) awards and prizes (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
35. 35.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
37. 37.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) skills like typing (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
40. 40.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True

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