Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 152 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) your Aadhaar number (d) school and marks
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
3. 3.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) one page
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) school football team (d) basic HTML and CSS
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) projects you did
8. 8.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
10. 10.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
13. 13.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) five fancy fonts
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) volunteer work (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
18. 18.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) projects you did (c) your siblings’ marks (d) awards and prizes
20. 20.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a website for our club (c) school football team (d) your city and PIN code
25. 25.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) deny it (c) change the subject (d) say it was a joke
26. 26.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your phone and email (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your siblings’ marks
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
36. 36.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) languages you know (c) school and marks (d) projects you did
39. 39.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education

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