Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 859 · 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.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) half a line
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) languages you know (c) your siblings’ marks (d) volunteer work
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
4. 4.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) a mobile number (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) B.Com first year
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
7. 7.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a website for our club (c) an email ID (d) typing 40 words a minute
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) volunteer work (d) made-up marks
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
10. 10.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) clubs and activities (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) projects you did (d) your bank details
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) languages you know (d) a long life story
16. 16.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
23. 23.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) be ready to explain it (c) deny it (d) say it was a joke
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
25. 25.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) one plain, clear font (c) tiny handwriting (d) five fancy fonts
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) built a rain gauge model (c) B.Com first year (d) Class 10 board: 88%
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) projects you did
29. 29.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) built a rain gauge model (c) debate club secretary (d) Class 10 board: 88%
31. 31.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
35. 35.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your siblings’ marks (d) made-up marks
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) volunteer work
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
39. 39.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) languages you know (c) your Aadhaar number (d) clubs and activities

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