Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 830 · 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) a party selfie (b) volunteer work (c) your bank details (d) a long life story
2. 2.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) B.Com first year (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a mobile number
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) made-up marks (d) school and marks
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
9. 9.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) eco club member (c) an email ID (d) school football team
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
11. 11.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) change the subject (c) deny it (d) say it was a joke
12. 12.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
14. 14.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) your city and PIN code
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
18. 18.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your phone and email (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) clubs and activities (c) awards and prizes (d) your passwords
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
26. 26.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) one page (d) ten pages
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) built a rain gauge model (c) debate club secretary (d) basic HTML and CSS
30. 30.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) tiny handwriting
31. 31.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) spreadsheets (basic)
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) languages you know (d) a long life story
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) school football team (d) a mobile number
39. 39.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities

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