Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 935 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) volunteer work (d) school and marks
2. 2.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) languages you know (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) built a rain gauge model (d) spreadsheets (basic)
10. 10.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) debate club secretary (c) a website for our club (d) spreadsheets (basic)
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) nothing at all (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs
14. 14.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
24. 24.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) deny it (c) be ready to explain it (d) change the subject
25. 25.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) skills like typing
28. 28.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) eco club member (c) a mobile number (d) an email ID
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) skills like typing (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) ten pages
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) skills like typing
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
39. 39.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) projects you did (d) your passwords

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