Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 114 · 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.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) languages you know
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a letter of thanks
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
6. 6.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) one page (d) half a line
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
11. 11.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) skills like typing (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
15. 15.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a mobile number (d) Class 10 board: 88%
16. 16.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) nothing at all (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details
22. 22.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) your city and PIN code (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) volunteer work (d) school and marks
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your bank details
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
30. 30.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) languages you know (c) your siblings’ marks (d) made-up marks
32. 32.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) school football team
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) Class 10 board: 88%
36. 36.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
38. 38.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) be ready to explain it
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) clubs and activities
40. 40.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

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