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Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 25 · 40 questions
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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.

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

Answer key

  1. clubs and activities
  2. a long life story
  3. your passwords
  4. activities
  5. leave it out
  6. projects
  7. clubs and activities
  8. leave it out
  9. leave it out
  10. projects you did
  11. volunteer work
  12. a mobile number
  13. activities
  14. False
  15. False
  16. include it
  17. education
  18. made-up marks
  19. include it
  20. be ready to explain it
  21. projects
  22. include it
  23. contact details
  24. a party selfie
  25. your phone and email
  26. False
  27. False
  28. one page
  29. projects
  30. your siblings’ marks
  31. include it
  32. eco club member
  33. False
  34. a long life story
  35. your city and PIN code
  36. made-up marks
  37. True
  38. True
  39. school and marks
  40. leave it out

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