Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 986 · 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) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
3. 3.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) your passwords
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) clubs and activities
6. 6.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) nothing at all
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
14. 14.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a mobile number (c) debate club secretary (d) Class 10 board: 88%
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
17. 17.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a letter of thanks
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your siblings’ marks (c) awards and prizes (d) volunteer work
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) volunteer work (c) skills like typing (d) clubs and activities
21. 21.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
23. 23.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) built a rain gauge model (c) school football team (d) Class 10 board: 88%
24. 24.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
26. 26.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a mobile number (d) debate club secretary
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) volunteer work
28. 28.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a website for our club (d) school football team
29. 29.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
32. 32.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) an email ID (b) built a rain gauge model (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) debate club secretary
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) languages you know (d) your passwords
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) awards and prizes (d) your Aadhaar number
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) ten pages
40. 40.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) a website for our club (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) school football team

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