Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 864 · 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.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
3. 3.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
4. 4.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) B.Com first year (d) spreadsheets (basic)
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
6. 6.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a mobile number (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) an email ID
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) awards and prizes
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
9. 9.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your phone and email (c) languages you know (d) volunteer work
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a long life story (d) your passwords
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
17. 17.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
22. 22.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your passwords (c) skills like typing (d) clubs and activities
25. 25.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) debate club secretary (c) eco club member (d) built a rain gauge model
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) languages you know (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) your Aadhaar number
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) clubs and activities (d) your siblings’ marks
30. 30.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
33. 33.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a short summary of you (c) a full autobiography (d) a letter of thanks
34. 34.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) school and marks

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