Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 135 · 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: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) awards and prizes
4. 4.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) awards and prizes (d) made-up marks
8. 8.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a mobile number (c) school football team (d) a website for our club
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your phone and email (c) skills like typing (d) awards and prizes
10. 10.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) be ready to explain it (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
11. 11.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) your passwords
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) languages you know
15. 15.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a website for our club (c) B.Com first year (d) basic HTML and CSS
16. 16.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a website for our club (c) B.Com first year (d) built a rain gauge model
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) projects you did
21. 21.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) debate club secretary (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) school football team
24. 24.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) school and marks (c) languages you know (d) your phone and email
27. 27.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) ten pages
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) awards and prizes (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
30. 30.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) skills like typing (d) a party selfie
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) languages you know (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) an email ID (b) eco club member (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) Class 10 board: 88%
36. 36.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) an email ID (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a mobile number
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email

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