Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 138 · 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: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) skills like typing
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
4. 4.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) made-up marks (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
6. 6.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
7. 7.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) one page (d) half a line
8. 8.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a short summary of you (c) a full autobiography (d) a letter of thanks
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) skills like typing
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
15. 15.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a website for our club (c) school football team (d) an email ID
17. 17.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) built a rain gauge model (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) Class 10 board: 88%
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
20. 20.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) be ready to explain it (c) say it was a joke (d) change the subject
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) skills like typing (c) a long life story (d) clubs and activities
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
23. 23.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) languages you know
26. 26.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) eco club member (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) debate club secretary
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) languages you know (c) a long life story (d) made-up marks
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your Aadhaar number (c) languages you know (d) school and marks
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) volunteer work (c) your siblings’ marks (d) made-up marks
32. 32.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) B.Com first year (c) your city and PIN code (d) a website for our club
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
38. 38.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
40. 40.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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