Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 240 · 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.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) built a rain gauge model (d) a mobile number
5. 5.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) eco club member (c) a website for our club (d) typing 40 words a minute
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) a long life story
10. 10.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) a long life story
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) a long life story
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
16. 16.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) be ready to explain it (c) deny it (d) change the subject
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) skills like typing (c) clubs and activities (d) made-up marks
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) skills like typing (c) languages you know (d) a long life story
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a website for our club (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) Class 10 board: 88%
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your passwords (c) clubs and activities (d) volunteer work
25. 25.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) your city and PIN code (c) a website for our club (d) typing 40 words a minute
26. 26.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) eco club member (c) a mobile number (d) Class 10 board: 88%
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) awards and prizes (c) clubs and activities (d) languages you know
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
33. 33.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
34. 34.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) five pages
36. 36.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
38. 38.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) debate club secretary (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) a mobile number
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) volunteer work (c) projects you did (d) your phone and email

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