Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 811 · 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: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.📄 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
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) skills like typing (c) projects you did (d) your Aadhaar number
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
7. 7.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) projects you did (c) clubs and activities (d) awards and prizes
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) volunteer work
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) languages you know (c) your passwords (d) projects you did
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
18. 18.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
22. 22.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) an email ID (c) a mobile number (d) a website for our club
23. 23.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) eco club member (c) debate club secretary (d) an email ID
24. 24.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
27. 27.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) eco club member
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) awards and prizes (c) a long life story (d) clubs and activities
30. 30.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) eco club member (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) built a rain gauge model
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) five pages
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) awards and prizes (c) your Aadhaar number (d) clubs and activities
39. 39.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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