Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 83 · 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 goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) basic HTML and CSS
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) languages you know (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
5. 5.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) school football team (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) your city and PIN code
6. 6.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a short summary of you (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) languages you know (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) skills like typing (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
9. 9.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
12. 12.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) half a line (c) five pages (d) ten pages
13. 13.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) one plain, clear font (c) tiny handwriting (d) five fancy fonts
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
15. 15.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) a long life story (c) projects you did (d) skills like typing
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your phone and email (c) volunteer work (d) languages you know
19. 19.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a website for our club (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a mobile number
20. 20.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a website for our club (c) debate club secretary (d) a survey of 50 shops
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a website for our club (c) a mobile number (d) school football team
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
28. 28.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
35. 35.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) deny it (c) be ready to explain it (d) change the subject
36. 36.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a long life story
38. 38.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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