Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 987 · 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.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) one page (d) ten pages
2. 2.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) built a rain gauge model (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) basic HTML and CSS
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) school and marks
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) volunteer work
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) a party selfie (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your passwords (c) languages you know (d) skills like typing
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
10. 10.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
11. 11.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) an email ID (d) a website for our club
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
14. 14.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) school football team (c) an email ID (d) a website for our club
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) clubs and activities
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a long life story
21. 21.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.📄 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
27. 27.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) projects you did
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) a party selfie (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
32. 32.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your Aadhaar number (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) awards and prizes
40. 40.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) debate club secretary (c) built a rain gauge model (d) an email ID

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