Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 24 · 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: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) clubs and activities (d) a long life story
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) languages you know (c) clubs and activities (d) projects you did
8. 8.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) five fancy fonts (d) one plain, clear font
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) languages you know (c) school and marks (d) volunteer work
11. 11.📄 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
12. 12.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) ten pages (d) five pages
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
14. 14.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) B.Com first year (d) spreadsheets (basic)
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) volunteer work
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) eco club member (c) a mobile number (d) typing 40 words a minute
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) projects you did (c) languages you know (d) clubs and activities
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) eco club member (b) B.Com first year (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) a mobile number
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) projects you did (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) made-up marks
31. 31.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) a mobile number (c) your city and PIN code (d) spreadsheets (basic)
32. 32.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
34. 34.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
37. 37.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) eco club member (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a website for our club (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) awards and prizes (d) volunteer work
40. 40.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True

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