Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 189 · 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.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a short summary of you (c) a letter of thanks (d) a school report card
2. 2.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
4. 4.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) nothing at all
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your passwords
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) languages you know
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a long life story (d) clubs and activities
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) tiny handwriting
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your phone and email (c) awards and prizes (d) projects you did
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) projects you did
17. 17.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) five pages
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your phone and email (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
19. 19.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
24. 24.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) languages you know (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
27. 27.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a mobile number (c) school football team (d) debate club secretary
28. 28.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) be ready to explain it (d) change the subject
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) a long life story (d) skills like typing
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) skills like typing (c) languages you know (d) clubs and activities
31. 31.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) debate club secretary (c) an email ID (d) a survey of 50 shops
36. 36.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) your city and PIN code
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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