Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 873 · 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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) clubs and activities (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your passwords
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) a long life story (c) volunteer work (d) awards and prizes
4. 4.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
6. 6.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) built a rain gauge model (d) basic HTML and CSS
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) debate club secretary (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a survey of 50 shops
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your phone and email (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your phone and email (c) a long life story (d) languages you know
13. 13.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
16. 16.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) B.Com first year (d) debate club secretary
17. 17.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) change the subject (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
18. 18.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) clubs and activities
20. 20.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
23. 23.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) debate club secretary (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a mobile number
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
25. 25.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) B.Com first year (d) eco club member
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) volunteer work (d) your passwords
28. 28.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a mobile number (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) school football team
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
32. 32.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
36. 36.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False

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