Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 967 · 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.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) B.Com first year (d) built a rain gauge model
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) skills like typing (d) your siblings’ marks
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) made-up marks (c) languages you know (d) projects you did
8. 8.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
9. 9.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) be ready to explain it (d) change the subject
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) five fancy fonts (c) one plain, clear font (d) tiny handwriting
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) volunteer work (d) your Aadhaar number
15. 15.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) five pages
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
17. 17.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
20. 20.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) activities
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) awards and prizes (d) a long life story
25. 25.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
28. 28.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) languages you know
30. 30.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
35. 35.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) made-up marks (d) clubs and activities
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) volunteer work

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