Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 143 · 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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) awards and prizes
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) awards and prizes (c) clubs and activities (d) skills like typing
4. 4.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a website for our club (b) eco club member (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) volunteer work (c) skills like typing (d) a long life story
8. 8.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) your city and PIN code (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) debate club secretary
9. 9.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) five fancy fonts (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
13. 13.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a full autobiography (c) a school report card (d) a short summary of you
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) skills like typing (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your passwords (c) volunteer work (d) projects you did
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
19. 19.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) nothing at all
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) projects you did
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) skills like typing (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
25. 25.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) say it was a joke (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it
26. 26.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) your city and PIN code
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) built a rain gauge model (d) spreadsheets (basic)
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) skills like typing (d) clubs and activities
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
36. 36.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) built a rain gauge model (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your siblings’ marks (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
40. 40.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) an email ID (c) eco club member (d) a survey of 50 shops

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