Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 160 · 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 of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) volunteer work (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) languages you know (c) clubs and activities (d) your siblings’ marks
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) skills like typing (c) clubs and activities (d) projects you did
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) volunteer work
8. 8.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) your siblings’ marks
10. 10.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) built a rain gauge model (c) an email ID (d) typing 40 words a minute
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) skills like typing (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
13. 13.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) school football team (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) built a rain gauge model
14. 14.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) languages you know (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
18. 18.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) half a line (c) five pages (d) ten pages
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) school and marks (d) awards and prizes
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) clubs and activities (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
23. 23.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) nothing at all
24. 24.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a school report card
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) languages you know (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
27. 27.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a website for our club (b) your city and PIN code (c) debate club secretary (d) typing 40 words a minute
28. 28.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) your city and PIN code (c) an email ID (d) eco club member
29. 29.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) a mobile number (c) built a rain gauge model (d) school football team
30. 30.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) basic HTML and CSS
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 of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) B.Com first year (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
33. 33.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your Aadhaar number (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) projects you did
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
39. 39.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) eco club member (b) school football team (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a mobile number

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