Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 972 · 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 goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a website for our club (c) a mobile number (d) a survey of 50 shops
3. 3.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) say it was a joke (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) languages you know
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) school and marks
7. 7.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) made-up marks (d) your phone and email
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) volunteer work
14. 14.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) languages you know (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) clubs and activities
19. 19.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
20. 20.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) five pages (d) ten pages
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) projects you did
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) school and marks (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
27. 27.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) school football team (d) built a rain gauge model
29. 29.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) languages you know (d) made-up marks
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) volunteer work (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie

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