Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 245 · 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) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) languages you know (d) your passwords
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) volunteer work (c) your passwords (d) awards and prizes
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) deny it
12. 12.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) a party selfie
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) a long life story
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) a long life story (d) skills like typing
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) nothing at all
22. 22.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) awards and prizes
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) skills like typing
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
31. 31.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) debate club secretary (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) built a rain gauge model
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your siblings’ marks (d) languages you know
33. 33.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a website for our club (b) B.Com first year (c) eco club member (d) typing 40 words a minute
34. 34.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a survey of 50 shops
35. 35.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) one page
36. 36.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) your city and PIN code (c) a website for our club (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a school report card (d) a short summary of you
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
40. 40.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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