Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 867 · 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 should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) clubs and activities (c) a long life story (d) volunteer work
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your passwords (c) languages you know (d) projects you did
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your phone and email (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) a mobile number (c) your city and PIN code (d) school football team
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) an email ID (b) school football team (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) built a rain gauge model
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) skills like typing (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
17. 17.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) your city and PIN code
18. 18.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) a website for our club (d) Class 10 board: 88%
19. 19.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) deny it
20. 20.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) volunteer work
23. 23.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) one page
24. 24.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
26. 26.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) volunteer work (d) clubs and activities
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) volunteer work (d) your siblings’ marks
30. 30.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) made-up marks (c) skills like typing (d) languages you know
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
33. 33.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) debate club secretary
34. 34.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) a mobile number (c) a website for our club (d) Class 10 board: 88%
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) B.Com first year (d) a website for our club
37. 37.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False

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